OAKLAND — A 31-year-old man who prosecutors say supplied local fentanyl dealers was sentenced to six years in prison, court records show.

Elvin Melendez Cruz was busted in August 2023 at the the Bay Breeze Inn, where authorities say they seized six pounds of fentanyl, more than $12,000, and a firearm. The case against him was brought about by a wiretap investigation against another suspected fentanyl dealer, Jair Ramirez Castillo, who was allegedly being supplied by Melendez Cruz, according to court records.

Melendez Cruz pleaded guilty to possessing fentanyl for distribution and illegal use of a cellphone, and was sentenced on July 18, court records show. In his separate case, Ramirez Castillo was sentenced to 33 months in prison last January, records show.

Both men attempted to explai

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