https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/06/i-am-not-a-coward-and-wont-go-running-down-to-mexico-san-jose-man-gets-54-months-for-transporting-44-pounds-of-meth/

SAN JOSE — A city resident who was convicted of acting as a drug courier for a group that collectively sold hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin was sentenced to four years and six months in federal prison, court records show.

Manuel Sanchez-Pedraza was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman after pleading guilty to a methamphetamine distribution charge. Prosecutors say that in August 2021, Sanchez-Pedraza was caught with 44 pounds of the drug — worth an estimated $36,000 wholesale — during a traffic stop.