World News | Police union office manager smuggled with fentanyl

SAN JOSE (USA) , April 8 (AP) – The executive director of the Northern California police union accused of trying to illegally import synthetic opioids from India and other countries has been fired, officials said Friday.

Last week, Joanne Marian Segovia, executive director of the San Jose Police Association, was arrested on charges she attempted to illegally import valerylfentanyl, a synthetic opioid. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.

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Beginning in 2015, Segovia mailed dozens of shipments of the drug to her San Jose home from India, Hong Kong, Hungary and Singapore, manifesting as “wedding party favors,” “makeup,” “chocolates,” and more. and candy” and “food” supplements,” according to a federal criminal complaint.

Segovia, 64, sometimes used her work computer to place orders and on at least one occasion used the union’s UPS account to deliver drugs across the country, federal prosecutors said.

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Her attorney, Will Edelman, did not immediately respond to a voicemail Friday seeking comment.

The police association fired her after completing an initial internal investigation, union officials said in a statement.

They said an outside investigator would be hired to conduct a full “unrestricted” investigation into Segovia’s alleged crimes, determining the extent to which she took advantage of union resources and whether that could have been avoided.

Sean Pritchard, the union’s president, said: “The heinous crime against Ms Segovia must be a motivating force to ensure that our internal controls at POA are strong and that we implement any Early detection of alleged changes in behavior.”

Federal officials began investigating Segovia last year after finding Segovia’s name and home address on the cellphone of a suspected drug dealer, a network that shipped controlled substances made in India to the San Francisco Bay Area, the indictment said. a part of. Federal prosecutors say the network has distributed hundreds of thousands of pills in 48 states. (Associated Press)

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