SAN JOSE \u2014 A local resident was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for attempting to transport 15,000 fentanyl pills from Long Beach back to the Bay Area, court records show.<\/p>\n
Kasra Saadiyeh, 29, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and intent to distribute fentanyl, stemming from a June 9, 2023 drug bust in Gilroy. Prosecutors say Saadiyeh arranged to acquire pills containing fentanyl from a Southern California man named Daniel Ruiz-Morales, whom he\u2019d made similar purchases from before.<\/p>\n
The men didn\u2019t know it, but their phones were being wiretapped by federal authorities, who relayed information to Long Beach police. A K9 officer pulled Saadiyeh over but was unable to find the drugs, despite Saadiyeh \u201cfreezing in fear\u201d during the search. Finally, several hours later, a California Highway Patrol officer pulled Saadiyeh over in Gilroy and found the pills, thanks in no small part to Saadiyeh having mentioned to Ruiz-Morales where they\u2019d been stashed, a communication that was intercepted on the wiretap, according to court records.<\/p>\n
Ruiz-Morales was sentenced last December to 25 months in prison, court records show. Prosecutors asked for a 53-month prison term for Saadiyeh, but his attorney argued that it would be better if he was sent to house arrest followed by supervised release with a \u201cstrict curfew\u201d instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince his release from pretrial custody, (Saadiyeh) has demonstrated extraordinary post-offense rehabilitation which both eradicated the roots of his criminal behavior and provide assurance that he will now continue to live a law-abiding life \u2026 and caring for his seriously ill mother,\u201d a defense sentencing memo says.<\/p>\n
Senior U.S. District Judge Edward Davila imposed the 14-month prison term earlier this month, along with a non-binding recommendation he be sentenced to a \u201ccamp\u201d in Santa Clara County. The sentencing order gives Saadiyeh until next March to report to prison.<\/p>\n
Originally Published: October 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 A local resident was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for attempting to transport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[861,862,19066,19064,19065,19068,88,19067,19069,90,89],"class_list":["post-24653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area-crime","tag-california-crime","tag-drug-trafficking-california","tag-fentanyl-dealer","tag-fentanyl-overdose","tag-long-beach-drug-bust","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-crime","tag-san-jose-drug-bust","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}