{"id":377439,"date":"2025-11-14T03:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377439\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T03:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:48:16","slug":"arizona-man-faces-prison-after-using-child-to-conceal-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377439\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona man faces prison after using child to conceal drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX \u2014 An Arizona man was sentenced last month to 18 years in prison after using a 7-year-old child to conceal 23,000 fentanyl pills, authorities announced.<\/p>\n

According to the Yavapai County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, 57-year-old Vincent Benny Peraza was sentenced on charges of involving or using a minor in a drug offense and the sale or transportation of narcotic drugs.<\/p>\n

On July 13, 2021, a deputy K9 with YCSO conducted a traffic stop on a car, near Cordes Junction<\/a>, that Peraza was a passenger in. In the car, he was seated next to a 7-year-old child.<\/p>\n

According to YCSO, as the occupants were exiting the vehicle, the child was holding a backpack that he told deputies belonged to Peraza.<\/p>\n

Inside the backpack, deputies found approximately 23,000 fentanyl pills, which is a deadly quantity of the synthetic opioid.<\/p>\n

Police noted that due to minimal exposure to fentanyl being fatal, Peraza giving the backpack to the child put them in imminent danger of death or serious injury.<\/p>\n

According to YCSO, further investigation revealed that Peraza was given the backpack as well as a cellphone and instructed to wait for further instruction at a nearby gas station.\u00a0Police noted that Peraza was also promised $1,000.<\/p>\n

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