"This included a meet-up where the agent bought 168.4 grams of fentanyl in exchange for $1,500, prosecutors said in court filings. The investigation led to a raid on Castro-Arteaga's shared apartment on the 300 block of Euclid Avenue in Oakland. There, authorities found four pounds of fentanyl, $42,000, a hydraulic pill press, pill castings and drug manufacturing tools, a gun, and 12 bullets, according to court records."
"In a letter to the court, Castro-Arteaga said he as "true remorse" and didn't realize how "truly destructive fentanyl is" when he was selling it. He said he learned this in jail, "through classes and books here, I have learned how this drug destroys people's health, families, and futures." His attorney said in court filings he came to the United States from Honduras in search of financial opportunities."
Carlos Joel Castro-Arteaga pleaded guilty to federal fentanyl distribution and was sentenced to six years by U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam on Jan. 28. An undercover investigation resulted in multiple transactions with a drug agent, including a meet where an agent purchased 168.4 grams of fentanyl for $1,500. The probe prompted a raid on his shared Euclid Avenue apartment, where authorities seized four pounds of fentanyl, $42,000, a hydraulic pill press, pill castings, drug manufacturing tools, a gun, and 12 bullets. Castro-Arteaga expressed remorse, saying jail classes and books taught him how fentanyl destroys health, families, and futures, and his attorney said he immigrated from Honduras seeking financial opportunities.
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