Carlos Raygozaparedes -Sinaloa Cartel

Gurcharan Sandher opened the restaurant in 1997 after emigrating from India in 1981.

Carlos Raygozaparedes, 54, is a Sinaloa Cartel operative. He was janitor at the Sandher restaurant, Saagar Fine Cuisine of India in Newport Beach.

Raygozaparedes was directly involved in the near bust of the Sandher helicopter drug smuggling operation in 2018. The Sandhers sold the restaurant for $5.2m USD in 2022.

Lawyer Wilo Nunez is involved in the Sinaloa Cartel gangster's defense. There was word months ago that Carlos Raygozaparedes had cut a deal so that he doesn't spend the rest of his life in jail. He'll turn 91 years old in prison. Nothing has been heard, other than the high profile case is scheduled to go to trial soon.

Raygozaparedes and Edgar Alfonso Lamas, 36, were busted in Southern California in 2022 with 821 pounds of meth, 190 pounds of cocaine and 20.5 pounds of fentanyl. That's enough fentanyl to kill 4.7m. Its the largest drug bust in Orange County in 16 years.

The pair face 37 years in jail. They pleaded not guilty and are held in protected custody with $5m bail. They appeared May 16 for a pretrial hearing. .2 milligrams of fentanyl. A fatal dose.

A deputy was nearly killed by fentanyl after accidental exposure during the Buena Park bust.