HONOLULU (AP) — A jury has convicted a Honolulu man of trafficking methamphetamine.
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that the jury found Gilbert Lee Medina guilty of the meth trafficking charge and unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Prosecutors say Medina was at the center of a large-scale meth trafficking conspiracy and was responsible for than 20 pounds of the drug being brought to Hawaii from California. He has previous felony convictions and was prohibited from possessing a firearm, which prosecutors say he kept on his boat docked at Ala Wai harbor.
Jurors also found him guilty of attempting to enter a secure area of the Honolulu International Airport. Prosecutors say he tried to use false identification in an effort to flee Hawaii.
The 52-year-old faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced in March.