RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Multiple people were arrested today after being named in a federal indictment alleging conspiracy in a ring that involved smuggling controlled substances, including fentanyl, into the Riverside County correctional system.
A total of 10 individuals were named in the indictment, which alleged the defendants engaged in smuggling substances into the correctional system over a presumably months-long span ending in the fall of 2022. The specific charges are conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine for distribution.
The alleged ringleader was identified as 46-year-old Andrew Jesus Ayala of Riverside, affiliated with an unspecified street gang, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…