Martin Gonzalez Medina, 50, of Indianapolis was arrested on 28 April 2014 after about a four-year investigation in which a confidential source had previously bought marijuana from him.[1] He had told the source to set up a fake business and planned to ship marijuana packed inside appliances to a warehouse off Industrial Road in Fort Wayne; the Drug Enforcement Administration said the marijuana was grown in Mexico and moved through Texas.[1] The Fort Wayne Police Department’s Emergency Services Team entered the warehouse as 12 freezers packed with around 2,160 pounds of marijuana were being delivered, which police valued at an estimated 1.7 million dollars, and the seizure was called the most significant in north-east Indiana in several years.[1]
Medina pleaded guilty to felony possession with intent to distribute, and the court was urged to accept the plea ahead of sentencing.[1] He was sentenced on 10 March 2015 to 108 months in federal prison with four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana on 28 April 2014.[2][3] The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration with the Indiana State Police, the Fort Wayne Police Department, the IMAGE Drug Task Force and the Noble and Steuben county sheriff’s departments, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony W. Geller.[2]
