Feds Charge Prospect Heights Man With Trafficking Firearms, Drugs

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted a Prospect Heights man for reportedly trafficking firearms and drugs. Efrain Jacobo, 42, pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment Wednesday morning in federal court. He is currently detained in federal custody.

Jacobo dealt six handguns, a rifle, ammunition, and narcotics in a series of transactions last fall in Joliet, according to the indictment and a criminal complaint previously filed in the case. Authorities said the drugs in the deals included methamphetamines and cocaine. Unbeknownst to Jacobo, the individual to whom he sold the guns and drugs was an undercover law enforcement officer, the charges allege.

During the investigation, law enforcement seized approximately 150 kilograms of methamphetamines from a truck that had traveled from Texas to Bolingbrook. Law enforcement also seized fentanyl and cocaine from a storage facility used by Jacobo in Wheeling, and additional cocaine from Jacobo's vehicle.