ATLANTA — A Lawrenceville man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine in metro Atlanta, according to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg.

Gabriel Ojeda Murguia, 46, was sentenced Wednesday and will serve five years of supervised release after his prison term, prosecutors said.

According to information presented in court, Murguia sold fentanyl and methamphetamine in Gwinnett County between April 2024 and April 2025, including more than 100 grams of fentanyl powder and more than 2,000 fentanyl pills.

Investigators searched a Lilburn home in April 2025 and found about 25 kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine. At least 15 kilograms of fentanyl were hidden inside vehicle batteries, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

Murguia and another man were arrested at the time. Murguia later pleaded guilty to three federal drug charges, officials said.

“The obscene amount of fentanyl Murguia possessed posed a significant threat to public health and public safety,” Hertzberg said. “If law enforcement had not stopped it from hitting the street, this poison could have ended tens of thousands of lives.

Hertzberg added the operation was a success thanks to the coordinated teamwork of multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in the Homeland Security Task Force.

“Murguia was moving an extraordinary amount of fentanyl into our communities, putting countless lives at risk for profit,” said Marlo Graham, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “This investigation and sentencing demonstrate the impact we can have when federal, state, and local law enforcement work together to stop dangerous drugs before they reach the streets.”

The FBI and DEA investigated the case with assistance from the Gwinnett County Police Department and Georgia State Patrol, officials said.