The executive director of the San Jose Police Officer's Association was charged with distributing opioids, according to federal officials.
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said the U.S. Attorney's Office has charged a civilian, Joanne Segovia, 64, with ordering thousands of opioid and other pills to her home between October 2015 and January of this year.
KTVU has learned Segovia is on paid leave in her executive position with the police officer's union. She is alleged to have smuggled the opioids from foreign locations including; Hong Kong, Hungary, India, and Singapore. According to a criminal complaint she smuggled them in as wedding party favors, makeup, chocolate and sweets.
The complaint alleges Segovia used the encrypted communications app — WhatsApp, to arrange shipments with someone from a phone that used an India country code.
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