Colombian National Indicted After Agents Seize Approximately 10,000 Fentanyl Pills and a Firearm

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Colombian National Indicted After Agents Seize Approximately 10,000 Fentanyl Pills and a Firearm
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
 
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Colombian national was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City today for drug and firearm and immigration crimes after law enforcement seized approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills and a firearm during the execution of a search warrant.

Fentanyl pills packaged

Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force
David Estiven Alvear Carcamo, 20, of Kearns, Utah, was initially charged by complaint on March 5, 2025. 

According to court documents, beginning in January 2025, the Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force began investigating a drug trafficking organization suspected of distributing large quantities of narcotics into Utah. During the investigation, on March 4, 2025, agents executed search warrants on a residence in Sandy, Utah, and a vehicle. During the execution of the search warrant on the vehicle, Carcamo, who was the registered owner of the vehicle, was its sole occupant. Agents seized approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills weighing 2.35 pounds, and a handgun from the vehicle.

Carcamo is charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, and alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition. His initial appearance on the indictment is March 20, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in courtroom 7.1 before a U.S. Magistrate Judge at the Orrin G. Hatch United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City.

Acting United States Attorney Felice John Viti for the District of Utah made the announcement.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/pr/colombian-national-indicted-after-agents-seize-approximately-10000-fentanyl-pills-and

[rangerrebew]

So what's the big deal?  So he had a few thousand fentanyl pills and a gun.  With a skimpy reason to arrest him like that, a federal judge will have him back on the street in a few days.