Sep 29: Zukai He, a 
national illegally residing in the US, was charged by criminal complaint with participating in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that used a virtual mailbox service (VMS), including one in Wasilla, Alaska, to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into the US and then to other countries, specifically New Zealand.
He entered the US illegally in 2017 and was subject to an order of removal from Sep 2024. While illegally living in the US, He stole personally identifiable information from a California resident to open an account at the Wasilla VMS. In Jan 2024, law enforcement officials obtained two parcels sent to the fraudulent VMS account that were ultimately destined for New Zealand and obtained federal search warrants to search the packages. Law enforcement officials found close to 3kg of methamphetamine in the parcels. One parcel had drugs concealed inside a heat transfer stamping machine and the other had drugs concealed inside a 3D printer.

In May 2024, law enforcement officials further learned that US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized four parcels mailed from post offices in Phoenix, Arizona, that were destined for New Zealand. Each parcel contained over one kilogram of methamphetamine. Law enforcement officials identified a fifth similar parcel mailed from Arizona destined for New Zealand. CBP intercepted the parcel and discovered over 1kg of methamphetamine.
Law enforcement officials identified Zukai He as the individual mailing the parcels containing drugs. In total, law enforcement seized over 10kg of methamphetamine that Zukai He tried to traffic through the mail.
On Sep 8, 2025, law enforcement officials executed a federal search warrant on Zukai He’s residence in California. Federal authorities arrested Zukai He and seized 14 cell phones, two laptops, 25 point-of-sale systems, over 6kg of a substance consistent with methamphetamine, over $13,000 in cash and various financial documents. The financial documents included information for nine suspected shell or front businesses registered in California, Colorado, Maryland and New York. The businesses were in either Zukai He’s name or under names of victims whose identities were allegedly stolen.
Zukai He is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Zukai He is in federal custody and will make his initial court appearance on a later date before a US Magistrate Judge of the US District Court for the District of Alaska. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years in prison.
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national illegally residing in the US, was charged by criminal complaint with participating in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that used a virtual mailbox service (VMS), including one in Wasilla, Alaska, to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into the US and then to other countries, specifically New Zealand.
He entered the US illegally in 2017 and was subject to an order of removal from Sep 2024. While illegally living in the US, He stole personally identifiable information from a California resident to open an account at the Wasilla VMS. In Jan 2024, law enforcement officials obtained two parcels sent to the fraudulent VMS account that were ultimately destined for New Zealand and obtained federal search warrants to search the packages. Law enforcement officials found close to 3kg of methamphetamine in the parcels. One parcel had drugs concealed inside a heat transfer stamping machine and the other had drugs concealed inside a 3D printer.

In May 2024, law enforcement officials further learned that US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized four parcels mailed from post offices in Phoenix, Arizona, that were destined for New Zealand. Each parcel contained over one kilogram of methamphetamine. Law enforcement officials identified a fifth similar parcel mailed from Arizona destined for New Zealand. CBP intercepted the parcel and discovered over 1kg of methamphetamine.
Law enforcement officials identified Zukai He as the individual mailing the parcels containing drugs. In total, law enforcement seized over 10kg of methamphetamine that Zukai He tried to traffic through the mail.
On Sep 8, 2025, law enforcement officials executed a federal search warrant on Zukai He’s residence in California. Federal authorities arrested Zukai He and seized 14 cell phones, two laptops, 25 point-of-sale systems, over 6kg of a substance consistent with methamphetamine, over $13,000 in cash and various financial documents. The financial documents included information for nine suspected shell or front businesses registered in California, Colorado, Maryland and New York. The businesses were in either Zukai He’s name or under names of victims whose identities were allegedly stolen.
Zukai He is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Zukai He is in federal custody and will make his initial court appearance on a later date before a US Magistrate Judge of the US District Court for the District of Alaska. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years in prison.
justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/chi