Brothers Get 24 Years in Prison for Trafficking Heroin via Home Delivery Service in Orange County

Heroin and fentanyl pressed into pill form as seen in a file photo. Courtesy of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Two Riverside County brothers who operated a heroin trafficking ring and used two Orange County-based call centers to distribute their drugs were each sentenced Dec. 18 to 24 years in federal prison.

One person died of a fatal overdose from the drugs distributed by the brothers, according to Ciaran McEvoy, the public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.