A Mexican national has been sentenced in federal court for possessing more than 56 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
According to federal court records, 22-year-old Pedro Alberto Quiroz Ayala received an 11-year prison sentence without the possibility of parole from U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark.
The case stemmed from a traffic stop conducted Sept. 3, 2024, by a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper on Interstate 29 near the Northwest 112th Street exit in Kansas City…