United States Prohibition Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today, November 9, 2009, that Eulogio Seludo, a resident of Ketchikan, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 63 months for his convictions for violating federal prohibition laws. Seludo was convicted of methamphetamine trafficking in Ketchikan, according to KTVA news. Chief United States District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline imposed the sentence on Seludo, age 54.
Numerous reports by Alaska state police indicate that methamphetamine continues to be widely available in the area since Seludo's 2008 arrest.
According to Assistant US Prohibition Attorney Aunnie Steward, who prosecuted the case, Seludo conspired with his son-in-law to sell methamphetamine in Ketchikan. Authorities don't know the identities of Ketchikan's current meth suppliers.
According to KYVA, Judge Beistline said that Seludo was willing to "poison" the community of Ketchikan, and called the evidence against him overwhelming.
Seludo's former customers now obtain methamphetamine from other sellers. The high profits ensured by drug prohibition ensure that someone will always be willing to supply the demand generated by meth's willing buyers.
Loeffler commended the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Ketchikan Police Department for the investigation, according to KTVA. As a result of spending time and resources prosecuting prohibition, unsolved crimes against unwilling victims in the Ketchikan area continue to receive less attention than they could otherwise.
