Woman busted outside Highland with 5 kilos of heroin gets prison sentence
A Mexican woman will spend five years in prison on a conviction of intent to sell heroin.
Martha Gamboa-Madrid, 49, was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison on a charge of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute it.
Illinois State Police stopped Gamboa-Madrid's vehicle on Interstate 70 near Highland in June 2017 and found a concealed compartment with more than 5 kilograms of heroin.
Gamboa-Madrid is a Mexican citizen who was in the United States on a legal nonresident visitor visa, which has been revoked due to her arrest.
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This story was originally published June 28, 2018 at 11:06 PM with the headline "Woman busted outside Highland with 5 kilos of heroin gets prison sentence."