Drug courier admits helping deliver meth to Mississippi
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – An Oklahoma man has admitted he was acting as a drug courier when he and two others brought about 26 ½ pounds of crystal meth to Mississippi.
The Sun Herald reports 27-year-old Refugio Garcia De Lira, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty to interstate travel in aid of drug racketeering enterprises Thursday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Judge Sul Ozerden set a sentencing date for Aug. 29.
De Lira and the others were arrested Feb. 27 as a Mississippi state trooper assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force followed up on tips that a Mexican meth broker had struck a deal with two Tulsa brothers to bring 24 pounds of meth to Gulfport.
