A 28-year-old Webster man has been sentenced to 174 months in federal prison for distributing meth, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani said.
Omar Lopez III pleaded guilty on Feb. 15 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more grams of meth. He is sentenced to 174 months or 14.5 months in federal prison.
Officials said the investigation was focused upon a group of meth distributors and their source of drugs operated in Galveston County. Lopez worked within the drug trafficking organization by supplying meth orders that had been distributed.Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.A graduate of the University of Houston-Downtown, Ana moved to H-Town from sunny southern California in 2015. In 2020, she joined the KPRC 2 digital team as an intern. Ana is a self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur, a catmom of 3, and an aquarium enthusiast. In her spare time, she's an avid video gamer and loves to travel.
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