A Palmdale, California, man was sentenced to 270 months in prison for attempting to possess with intent to distribute 441 grams of pure methamphetamine in Mississippi.

Keith Quintal McGill, 44, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.

According to court records, in 2019, an investigation began into a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was shipping large amounts of methamphetamine through the United States Postal Service to the Southern District of Mississippi.  Keith McGill was identified as someone who had been sending pound quantities of methamphetamine to Mississippi.  On July 8, 2019, federal agents made arrangements to conduct a controlled purchase from McGill.  McGill sent 441 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine to a controlled post office box in Mississippi.

McGill was indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty on December 13, 2023, to attempting to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee, Acting Special Agent in Charge Eric P. DeLaune of Homeland Security Investigations, and Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer of the Drug Enforcement Administration made the announcement.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations.

This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor- led, intelligence driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Erica Rose.