Client was facing serious state drug charges after being detained during a DEA investigation alleging he was transporting 30 kilograms of heroin. He was booked for possession and transportation of heroin under Health & Safety Code §§ 11350(a), 11351, and 11352(a). After a thorough defense investigation the District Attorney dismissed the case in full.
The case began with two anonymous 911 calls that identified our client by name, age, and physical description, claiming that he was driving a vehicle loaded with 30 kilograms of heroin from Calexico to Los Angeles. The callers even described the car and the route he would be taking. Acting on this information, law enforcement stopped the vehicle, searched it, and found heroin hidden inside. Our client was immediately booked and accused of being part of a significant drug trafficking operation.
From the start, our client insisted that he had no knowledge of the drugs. He explained that he had borrowed the vehicle from a distant acquaintance so that he could drive from Calexico to Downey to visit his mother. Our investigation uncovered the truth: the people who lent him the car set him up, sending him across state highways with their narcotics concealed inside the vehicle.
We launched a thorough investigation and developed a defense that demonstrated our client’s innocence. We gathered evidence showing that he had no connection to the traffickers beyond borrowing the car, that his background and conduct were consistent with someone being set up, and that there was no evidence tying him to any larger criminal operation.
We presented this defense and challenged the credibility of the state’s case. Faced with the lack of evidence and the strong showing that our client had been used as a pawn, the District Attorney dismissed the case on the spot.
Our client walked out of court cleared of all allegations, ending a terrifying ordeal in which he faced the possibility of years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
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