Investigators Recover 55 Pounds of Methamphetamine During Traffic Stop in Hall County, Nebraska

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on August 24, 2018, United States District Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Juan Carlos Camacho to imprisonment for 108 months, to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release.  Camacho was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.  On January 18, 2018, in Hall County, Nebraska, a Nebraska State Trooper stopped a black Ford Expedition for a traffic violation.  Defendant was a passenger in the vehicle.  Investigators searched the Expedition and recovered approximately 55 pounds of methamphetamine.  Investigators subsequently executed a search warrant at an apartment in Hastings, Nebraska.  Among the items seized from the apartment were narcotics packaging material, a scale, police scanners, ledgers, $17,820 in United States Currency, and an AR-15 firearm. 

The case was investigated by the Central Nebraska Drug and Safe Streets Task Force.