A Reno man was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on Monday for his involvement in a large methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
Nassrollah Behmard was the final defendant to be sentenced in this case.
He was charged in June 2022 with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine as well as offenses related to money laundering.Â
His co-conspirators Sanchez Maldonado, Melissa Ann Longo, Owen Eugene Dick, and Jesus Sanchez Vargas were also charged.
Behmard was sentenced to 145 months in prison. Maldonado was sentenced to 120 months in prison. Longo and Dick were both sentenced to 57 months in prison.
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A Reno man is back in the United States for his alleged role in a federal investigation involving around 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine.
The Justice Department says investigators learned 64-year-old Nassrollah Behmard was arranging for 100 pounds of meth to be delivered from Los Angeles to Reno, while he was in Mexico in March 2022.
Police say they intercepted those drugs and traced it back to a lab in LA.
There, police say they found around 1,000 pounds of meth.
Behmard, along with several other people, were then charged with conspiracy to distribute meth as well as money laundering offenses.
He's due back in court later this month.
If convicted, he could potentially face a maximum penalty of life in prison.
