A San Jose grandmother has allegedly been importing fentanyl from India and other countries into the U.S. and has been using her home as a base for the global drug operation.
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A San Jose grandmother has allegedly been importing fentanyl from India and other countries into the U.S. and has been using her home as a base for the global drug operation.
Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, is the executive director of the San Jose Police Officers' Association, and was charged with attempting to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, federal prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.
Starting in 2015, Segovia had at least 61 drug shipments mailed to her San Jose home from India,
Hong Kong,
Hungary and Singapore with manifests that listed their contents as 'wedding party favors,' 'gift makeup,' 'chocolate and sweets' and 'food supplement,' according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
In at least once instance she is accused of using her work computer and address and the police union's UPS account to ship the drugs within the U.S.