Daytona Beach cops: Two sent to prison for cocaine- and drug-running as a result of 'Operation 819' and a third to be locked up as well

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Courtesy photos / At far left, Gustavo Huertas, 23, of Daytona Beach, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison for numerous criminal transactions involving the delivery of narcotics while armed and sale of narcotics.  Tyrell Jackson, 21, of Daytona Beach, was sentenced to seven years in state prison for sale and delivery of cocaine while carrying a concealed gun. Both were put behind bars as a result of  "Operation 819."

DAYTONA BEACH -- The men involved in dealing stolen guns and narcotics within the city limits were given prison sentences and a third is awaiting sentences, a Daytona Beach police spokesman said Wednesday, as a result of a two-year joint operation of the police force and the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Dubbed "operation 819," 50 people were served federal and state warrants charging them with a variety of narcotics- and firearms-related felonies, Daytona Beach police spokesman Sgt. Paul Barnett said. The operation began in August 2008 and lasted two years, he said.

Among those sentenced:

Gustavo Huertas, 23, of Daytona Beach, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison for numerous criminal transactions involving the delivery of narcotics while armed and sale of narcotics.

Tyrell Jackson, 21, of Daytona Beach, was sentenced to seven years in state prison for sale and delivery of cocaine while carrying a concealed gun.

Gabriel Mott, 24, of Daytona Beach, faces up to 10 years in prison on felony convictions for sale and delivery of cocaine and being a principle to sale and delivery.

 
Courtesy photo / Gabriel Mott, 24, will soon be joining his friends Gustavo Huertas, 23, and Tyrell Jackson, 23, all of Daytona Beach, in prison for selling cocaine. The first two are also convicted of firearms offenses.