WILMINGTON, NC – A former Johnston County man was sentenced this week to served 11 years 8 months in federal prison. Luis Oceguera, age 21, of Sampson County, formerly of NC Highway 242 South, Benson, was sentenced following a multi-agency drug investigation that spanned multiple North Carolina counties.
According to information presented in court, Oceguera was an integral part of a drug trafficking organization that distributed kilograms of drugs in Eastern North Carolina. Oceguera regularly received, transported, and distributed fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana. During the investigation, Oceguera was stopped by law enforcement three separate times while armed with handguns and rifles. One of the handguns seized was an unregistered “ghost gun” that Oceguera admitted to building himself.
On May 13, 2022, Oceguera and a second person were stopped by Johnston County deputies on Interstate 95 in Selma. During a search of a car he was driving, a large trash bag was located in the back seat, containing 10 vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana weighing 10.9 pounds.
On another occasion, Oceguera fled from law enforcement in a vehicle, reaching speeds over 120 mile per hour. During the chase, Oceguera threw a package containing over two kilograms of pure methamphetamine out of the window on the side of the road. Law enforcement searched the area and were able to recover the methamphetamine package.
Ultimately, Oceguera was arrested and the house he was staying at was searched pursuant to a search warrant. During the search, law enforcement seized drug trafficking materials, ammunition, loaded magazines, and another firearm.
Michael Easley, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II. The DEA, ATF, United States Postal Service, United States Marshals Service, NC National Guard, NC State Bureau of Investigation, Sampson County Sheriff’s Office, Harnett County Sheriff’s Office, Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, and Dunn Police Department investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tyler Lemons prosecuted the case.
That amount of weigh screams cartel affiliations. Hey Dems…close the border!
@Brett: Forget the border, let’s get our own house in order first! Oceguera isn’t even a current JoCo resident. We’ve got plenty to do here, at home:
https://jocoreport.com/months-long-drug-investigation-leads-to-arrest/
https://jocoreport.com/34-year-old-woman-arrested-for-trafficking-meth/
https://jocoreport.com/kenly-man-charged-with-cocaine-possession/
etc
The border is part of our house, surely you see that.
@Brett: DOJ stats show that 87% of all violent crimes and 71% of drug-related offenses are committed by US citizens. Closing the border will have no impact. While I agree that we need to fix immigration issues, the fact of the matter is, the OVERWHELMING majority of crimes are caused by US citizens. I’ll repeat, we need to fix our own house first. #AmericaFirst
Sure, if you don’t account for the ratio of illegal immigrants to citizen population. Now if you apply per capita statistics, those numbers change drastically. Keep in mind, anyone who enters illegally has already, by that act alone, has broken our laws. Wasn’t it Pelosi who liked to keep saying “No one is above the law”? Yet, we see so many people are above the law. She lied, and anyone who repeats that lie is a liar themselves.
Boy hush there’s more white ppl on drugs then there is any other race let’s be honest white ppl love crack,coke,meth and pills 😂 free the amigo
Your racism is what needs hushing.
it’s always about closing the border but no one ever thinks about who is giving them business. it’s your very own people that buy from them and want the product. where there is demand, the supply will always find a way to it.
I really don’t understand why we don’t reinstate corporal punishment for these drug pushers. They don’t care about the lives they destroy.
Why do y’all think it’s always the cartels. Y’all white people loves them drugs y’all the ones asking for them buying them
“Y’all white people” <- racist. Just stop.
pardon?
Nope I ain’t racist I’m just saying you be commenting on every other post but when a white person does a crime I don’t ever see you their commenting
Well check my history then, because you’re not paying attention.
Fentanyl and meth come from Mexico.
However, I agree that if Americans weren’t buying it, they would not be bringing it into the country