Two Kansas City, Kansas, men were indicted on Wednesday on charges of possession with intent to distribute more than two pounds of heroin.
Hugo Miguel Lopez-Erazo, 30, Kansas City, Kansas, and Cesar Donai Bautista, 38, Kansas City, Kansas, were charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
Lopez-Erazo is charged with two counts of distributing methamphetamine and one count of distributing heroin, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred in July and August 2017, and January and May 2018 in Wyandotte County.
According to court documents, in May 2018 investigators working undercover allegedly arranged to buy two pounds of heroin from the defendants. Investigators met the defendants in a parking lot on South 18th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, where they seized the heroin and arrested Lopez-Erazo and Bautista.
At least 10 years and a fine of up to $10 million is the possible sentence for a conviction on each count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession to distribute heroin. Up to 20 years and a fine of up to $1 million is the possible sentence for a conviction on the distribution of heroin charge, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James Ward is prosecuting.