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California man sentenced to 16 years for mailing meth to McNairy County

JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) - Cruz Lisarraga Flores, of Los Angeles, California, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after allegedly distributing over 50 grams of methamphetamine to McNairy County via the United States Postal Office.

In 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation intercepted telephone calls between Flores and two West Tennesseans concerning Flores’s shipment of two pounds of meth from California to Adamsville, Tennessee.

On June 26, 2023, the United States Postal Service located and seized the package. The FBI obtained a search warrant for the package which was executed the next day. 900 grams of methamphetamine was found in vacuum-sealed bags.

In 2026, Flores plead guilty to attempting to distribute over 50 grams of meth. Flores was sentenced to 16 years in prison and five years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, “Drug dealers who distribute harmful drugs into our rural communities can no longer hide behind a false shipping label. Methamphetamine that is trafficked into and through West Tennessee is increasing in dangerous purity, and continues to destroy individuals, families, and communities. Criminals who profit from that pain deserve significant punishment, and this sentence does just that.”

“Intercepting a drug shipment before it reaches its destination does not diminish the seriousness of the crime,” said Special Agent in Charge Terence G. Reilly of the FBI Nashville Field Office. “Those who attempt to distribute dangerous drugs put families and communities at risk, regardless of whether they succeed. The FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to aggressively pursue those responsible and disrupt the flow of illegal drugs before they can devastate our communities.”