PHOENIX, Ariz.—Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on June 17 announced prison sentences for three drug traffickers, citing the cases as part of the ongoing fight against narcotics networks in the state.
“These cases show the lengths drug traffickers will go to push deadly substances into our communities,” Mayes said in a statement.
One of the cases involved Julian Magana of Chandler, who was sentenced to 9.25 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of transporting narcotic drugs.
Investigators seized more than 100,000 carfentanil-laced pills weighing nearly 24 pounds.
Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid developed to sedate large animals such as elephants and rhinoceroses, is far more potent than fentanyl and heroin. …