The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Sioux City man was sentenced Wednesday in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, to nearly 16 years in prison on drug charges. 35-year old Jose Valentin Carrillo was sentenced to prison terms of 190 months each on counts of Conspiracy, and Possession with Intent to Distribute, Methamphetamine. The  twp sentences will run concurrently. The prison term will be followed by a term of supervised release of five years on each count, also to run concurrently.

According to court documents, Valentin Carrillo organized and arranged the transportation of approximately eight kilograms of methamphetamine from Kansas City, Missouri to Nebraska City, Nebraska. On August 13, 2017, the vehicle transporting the methamphetamine was stopped by law enforcement in Fremont County, Iowa. The case was investigated by Fremont County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.