SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has scheduled Yuzhu Zhang’s jury trial for Sept. 26, 2022.
Zhang is accused of attempting to smuggle from California, through mail, 4.9 pounds of methamphetamine. The contraband had a street value of approximately $700,000, authorities said.
Zhang, 48, was charged with importation of contraband, trafficking and possession of a controlled substance.
In his order, Judge Camacho directed the parties to file pre-trial motions seven calendar days before the pre-trial conference hearing which will be held on Aug. 17, 2022 at 10 a.m.
Zhang, through an interpreter, told police investigators that an “unknown male” offered him $100 to pick up a large parcel of chinaware at a Garapan postal service and to bring it to the back of the gas station on Beach Road.
Zhang also stated that the $4,239 in cash found inside his vehicle by the authorities was his, but not the 19 small clear plastic bags containing methamphetamine that weighed 26.3 grams.
Investigators stated that the cash and meth found in Zhang’s vehicles strongly indicated that he was a drug distributor and trafficker.
Zhang is represented by the public defender’s office.
Judge Camacho has imposed a $1 million cash bail on the defendant who remains in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
