A Phoenix man who helped supply a Montana drug ring with pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl will spend 14 years in federal prison, closing out a case that moved from Arizona packages to traffic stops across the Billings area.
Brian Uriel Lopez-Orozco, 27, pleaded guilty in February to drug conspiracy and distribution charges. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release, according to Arizona’s Family.
How The Arizona-To-Montana Pipeline Unraveled
The investigation centered on Cynthia Pruett and associates Aaron Meeks and Shaynee Gibbs. In a 2024 case update, the Montana U.S. Attorney’s Office said a traffic stop involving Gibbs and Meeks led investigators to a package containing roughly 3.8 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl, along with a firearm, ammunition and more than $12,000 in cash…