42 Pounds of Marijuana, as well as Cash and Firearm, Found
in Defendant’s Home
Gulfport, Miss – Anh Viet Quach, 42, of D’Iberville, was
sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to five
years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession
of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S.
Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Quach was also ordered to pay a
$15,000 fine.
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, working with the FBI
Safe Streets Task Force, obtained information that an individual in D’Iberville
was selling large quantities of high grade marijuana. Following surveillance,
agents approached Quach and obtained a search warrant for his home. They found
approximately 42 pounds of high grade marijuana, $7,200 in cash, a currency
counter, and a Berretta 9mm handgun. Quach admitted he received 420 pounds of
marijuana by mail from California, which he sold for $2,800 per pound. Quach
has prior gang-related felony convictions from California.
Quach’s federal sentence will be served consecutive to his
sentence in Harrison County Circuit Court on the drug charges.
This case was investigated by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United
States Attorney Annette Williams.
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