CHANDLER, Ariz. — An Arizona man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for conspiring with a Hawaiian trafficking organization to distribute drugs in the Midwest.
Robert Beal, 41, of Chandler was convicted by a jury last year of conspiracy for drug offenses committed in December 2014. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Beal flew from Arizona to Ohio in order to seize a package of fentanyl delivered by someone from San Francisco.
After grabbing the drugs, Beal hopped in a taxi and was stopped by federal agents who found him in possession of more than 4,000 grams of fentanyl.
Beal was working on behalf of a drug trafficking organization in Hawaii, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors asked for Beal to receive a lengthy prison sentence since he's been previously convicted of drug offenses in New Mexico.
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