An Arizona man has been been arrested for allegedly trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine to Alaska for redistribution in Fairbanks.
Daniel Torres-Zubia, 41, of Phoenix, is charged with selling approximately 60 pounds of methamphetamine to a Fairbanks area drug dealer between 2019 and 2020. That is roughly a million dollars worth of methamphetamine at Fairbanks street prices, according to the Alaska State Troopers Fairbanks Area Narcotics Team.
Torres-Zubia was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday by federal agents from Alaska and Arizona, according to Lisa Houghton with the U.S. Attorneyâs Office in Alaska.
The Fairbanks Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating Torres-Zubia in 2019 for trafficking methamphetamine from Nevada and Arizona to Fairbanks. According to court documents, an individual cooperating with law enforcement detailed receiving large quantities of methamphetamine â between 5 and 30 pounds â from Torres-Zubia on several occasions.
The North Pole Police Department responded to an active shooter near the 500 block of West Fifth Avenue about 11 a.m. on Thursday.
According to Lt. Jeromey Lindhag, North Pole police received several reports of shots being fired outside of an apartment complex in the area. When officers, along with Alaska State Troopers and the North Pole Fire Department, responded to the scene, they found that a juvenile male had fired three to four shots. No one was injured in the incident.
Lindhag said that the individual had apparently been going in and out of an apartment in the complex. He was inside the building when law enforcement arrived. Lindhag said when they knocked on the door, the suspect eventually cooperated with orders and surrendered himself. Lindhag said there is not yet a clear motive, but the individual is currently being interviewed.