SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, Oct. 30, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A foreign national living in Salt Lake County was indicted after a warranted search of his motel room turned up enough fentanyl to make 58,000 fentanyl pills.
Sabino Osvaldo Gomez-Perez, 36, was initially charged by complaint on Oct. 11, 2024, in the District of Utah.
According to court documents, the FBI Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force began a criminal investigation of Gomez-Perez and other members of a drug trafficking organization suspected of distributing large quantities of narcotics in the District of Utah.
On Oct. 9, agents executed a search warrant for a motel room where Gomez-Perez was staying in Salt Lake County.
“Agents suspected that Gomez-Perez was using the hotel room to traffic drugs. During the search, agents seized 5,857 grams of field-tested positive fentanyl,” says a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Utah.
“Agents estimated the fentanyl at approximately 58,000 fentanyl pills. Gomez-Perez is charged with possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute and illegal reentry of a previously removed alien.”
United States Attorney Trina A. Higgins for the District of Utah made the announcement. The case is being investigated by the FBI Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force.
