MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Sauk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday a Reedsburg man was sentenced in October for one of the largest cocaine seizes in the county’s past two decades.

Jaoshua Alberto Vargas-Sanchez, 29, was sentenced to 15 years in the prison.

In August, Vargas-Sanchez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver cocaine.

Investigators said evidence showed the Reedsburg man was not a cocaine user and he imported the drugs for his own financial gain.

During the investigation, the Sauk County Drug Task Force and U.S. Postal Inspectors worked together and intercepted a package that had one kilogram of cocaine. This amount of cocaine is worth about $100,000.

“This 25-year sentence is a definitive shot across the bow to every drug traff

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