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Federal grand jury indicts Phoenix man on fentanyl, firearms charges

A 20-year-old Phoenix man on pretrial release for smuggling charges has been indicted on drug and weapons charges after being arrested on June 2, authorities said.

Edwin Alexey Gamboa, 20, was indicted on charges of illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense.

The indictment alleges on June 2 Phoenix police officer responded to a report of a vehicle partially blocking a street and found Gamboa sleeping. There were two firearms in the center console and about 409 counterfeit oxycodone tablets, which the Phoenix Crime Lab positively identified as fentanyl, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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Federal grand jury indicts Phoenix man on fentanyl, firearms charges

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A 20-year-old Phoenix man on pretrial release for smuggling charges has been indicted on drug and weapons charges after being arrested on June 2, authorities said.

Edwin Alexey Gamboa, 20, was indicted on charges of illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense.

The indictment alleges on June 2 Phoenix police officer responded to a report of a vehicle partially blocking a street and found Gamboa sleeping. There were two firearms in the center console and about 409 counterfeit oxycodone tablets, which the Phoenix Crime Lab positively identified as fentanyl, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Officers also found almost $2,000 in cash in Gamboa’s pocket. One of the firearms found in the vehicle, a Glock, 19X, 9mm pistol, had “a machine gun conversion device affixed to it which, when test-fired, operated as a machinegun,” the release stated.

The indictment also alleges Gamboa was on pretrial release for an earlier indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Tucson in which Gamboa was charged with smuggling.

In that case, the indictment alleges the suspect on Feb. 4 attempted to smuggle an empty Glock handgun magazine and 10 empty AK-47-style rifle magazines out of the U.S. and into Mexico via the Lukeville Port of Entry.

Convictions for the offenses alleged in the indictments carry the following penalties and fines:

  • Illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
  • Possession with intent to distribute fentanyl carries a punishment of between five to 40 years in prison, a fine of $5,000,000, or both.
  • Possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense carries a punishment of between five years to life in prison, to be served consecutively to any other sentence, a fine of $250,000, or both.
  • Smuggling Goods from the United States carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.

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