LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Undercover agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested four people who sold them 70 pounds of methamphetamine, according to court documents recently obtained by Channel 13.
The four men were identified in court documents as Jorge Villanueva, David C. Gallegos, Fernando Beltran and Francisco J. Bojorquez.
Documents state in January, a confidential source informed DEA investigators that Villanueva was involved in distributing meth in Las Vegas. On Jan. 10, 2024, the source coordinated a purchase between an undercover officer and Villanueva for about three pounds of meth for $3,300.
Villanueva then met the source and officer at a gas station in the area of Las Vegas Boulevard and Robindale Road.
During that meetup, investigators wrote that they saw Bojorquez arrive and put a dark-colored bag in the back of a vehicle driven by Beltan and Villanueva.
Villanueva then put that bag in the back of the undercover officer's vehicle in exchange for $3,300, court documents state.
When investigators weighed the bag, however, they found that they'd been given 10 lbs. of methamphetamine rather than the agreed-upon three.
After the officer told Villanueva about the extra meth, he allegedly wrote back the following:
"It was a bad understanding and don't know why the driver brought those 10 but don't worry about it. [You] don't owe me nothing. I got it."
On Feb. 12, the officer contacted Villanueva to buy another 60 pounds of methamphetamine for $1,100 per pound. They agreed to meet at a fast food restaurant on Valley View Boulevard and Blue Diamond Road.
This time, investigators saw Bojorquez pull up in the same car as before, along with an Infiniti sedan driven by Gallegos.
After they handed over the drugs to the undercover officer, all four men were arrested on multiple charges including distribution of a controlled substance, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
