Man sentenced for shipping 9 pounds of meth to Swansea and East St. Louis addresses
An Arizona man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for shipping over 50 pounds of methamphetamine to Southern Illinois, including nine pounds to East St. Louis and Swansea.
Jose Angulo, 51, of Phoenix received the sentence on Thursday in federal court in Benton for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, money laundering, and distribution of methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
The shipments were made from 2018 through November 2019, prosecutors said.
“During the investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service intercepted three packages of methamphetamine that Angulo had mailed to addresses in East St. Louis and Swansea, Illinois, totaling nine pounds of methamphetamine,” a news release stated.
Angulo had previously pleaded guilty to the charges. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Staci M. Yandle, according to federal court records. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Reppert.
Angulo also had previously been convicted in Arizona for participating in a drug trafficking organization and engaging in money laundering, according to prosecutors.
This story was originally published March 25, 2022 at 2:24 PM.
