A California man who supplied various drugs to members of a cross-country drug conspiracy, including a drug trafficker from Jamestown, will spend more than a decade behind bars. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Thursday that 43-year-old La Huynh of Chula Vista, California has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in federal prison for his conviction on a narcotics conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors say Huynh supplied quantities of methamphetamine, heroin/fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana to other members of the conspiracy, including the previously convicted Jun Martinez of Jamestown. In 2019, after receiving a large amount of methamphetamine, there was a payment issue between Martinez and Huynh, and Martinez stopped taking calls from Huynh. Sometime in 2020, Huynh and Martinez started their narcotics operations again, and Huynh began shipping quantities of cocaine, heroin/fentanyl, and methamphetamine in the mail from the area of San Diego, California.
In September 2020, Martinez traveled to the San Diego area and met with Huynh and co-conspirator Kevin Hughes, receiving large quantities of meth, cocaine and fentanyl. After the transaction, Martinez and Hughes started to travel back to Western New York. During the return trip, on September 15, 2020, an Illinois State Police trooper stopped Martinez and Hughes. A search of the vehicle yielded nearly 6.36 kilograms of meth, nearly 3.16 kilograms of fentanyl, over 2.24 kilograms of cocaine, and marijuana products. Martinez and Hughes were arrested and charged by Illinois State law enforcement…