A drug trafficker from Stockton was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was nabbed in an undercover operation that led to the seizure of massive amount of dangerous narcotics, including heroin and fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Alphonso Jimenez, 34, was sentenced Monday in connection with a joint Drug Enforcement Administration and San Joaquin County Metropolitan Narcotics Task Force investigation, acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith said.
The probe began in 2021 when federal and state officials teamed up to investigate reports of a large-scale drug trafficking operation involving Jimenez and another Stockton man, Erik D. Mendoza-Contreras…