Man sentenced to prison for attempting to smuggle fentanyl pills into Arizona

A man has been sentenced to prison for attempting to smuggle fentanyl pills into the United States earlier this year.

On Sept. 27, Carlos Obed Moreno, 32, a U.S. citizen residing in Mexico, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for attempting to smuggle pills into the United States in exchange for payment, a news release from U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Arizona said. Moreno had previously plead guilty to importation of fentanyl into the United States.

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On Jan. 6, a Customs and Border Protection officer noticed a knife in Moreno’s waistband while he was at the De Concini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona, and conducted a pat-down for officer safety, the news release said. During the pat-down, the officer noticed packages stuffed in Moreno’s boots.

It was revealed that the packages contained 628 grams of blue fentanyl pills.