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Arizona man sentenced after kilo of fentanyl, pound of meth intercepted at Casper post office

Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for the parcel and found about 10,000 fentanyl pills and over one pound of methamphetamine. 

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CASPER, Wyo. — A Phoenix, Arizona, man was sentenced to over eight years in federal prison last Thursday for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to a release by the U.S. Justice Department for the District of Wyoming.

Lorenzo Antonio Santillan-Solis, 28, will then serve three years of supervised release.  U.S. District Court Judge Kelly H. Rankin imposed the sentence on Jan. 9 in Cheyenne.

In November 2022, law enforcement learned that narcotics from the Phoenix area were being sold from an address in Powell, Wyoming, the release said. The address was associated with an individual later identified as Santillan-Solis’s known co-conspirator, who was not named in the release.

On March 15, 2023, in Casper, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted a parcel sent to the Powell address. Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for the parcel and found about 10,000 fentanyl pills — weighing over 1 kilogram — and over one pound of methamphetamine. 

That same day, the known co-conspirator contacted the post office inquiring about the package. Through their investigation, agents tracked correspondence and fingerprints back to Santillan-Solis.

Santillan-Solis was indicted on May 16, 2024, and arrested on May 20 in Phoenix. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 18.


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