A 32-year-old Bakersfield man has been sentenced to 24 1/2 years in prison for having and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office reported Friday.
It said Jacob Paul Arjona, who pleaded guilty Nov. 19, will serve the sentence concurrently with a sentence handed down in August to serve 17 years and 7 months in prison.
Arjona recruited two others to transport more than 120 pounds of meth to Florida on a flight from Los Angeles, the AG’s Office said in a news release.
It cited airline records connecting Arjona to similar activities involving meth and marijuana, and that federal records suggest he was involved in an October 2023 drug and kidnapping case in Florida to which he pleaded guilty in late 2024.