San Leandro Fentanyl Stash Houses Shut Down By Feds

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The alleged kingpin and six of his associates have been charged with drug trafficking after federal agents shutdown a criminal organization responsible for a pipeline funneling illegal fentanyl to San Francisco Bay Area streets, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair announced Tuesday that Javier Castro Banegas-Medina, a/k/a Gio, was the alleged leader of a group called Castro DTO.

The criminal organization kept large amounts of fentanyl stashed in houses in Oakland and San Leandro. The deadly illegal drug was passed along in a distribution chain that flowed throughout the Bay Area, including San Francisco, Concord and Oakland.

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