SAN FRANCISCO — A Vacaville man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for robbing two airline employees as they were loading trash bags full of marijuana into a vehicle, court records show.

Enrique Arenal, 33, pulled a gun on the employees and stole two bags containing marijuana, as well as personal items from both victims, in the June 2021 incident, according to federal prosecutors. As he “scouted” the area one day earlier, he had observed the same two victims loading bags into their vehicle and had “good reason” to suspect that the bags contained marijuana, authorities said in court filings.

Arenal pleaded guilty to robbery, signing an agreement that agreed with prosecutors’ contention that the robbery affected interstate commerce. A prosecution sentencing memorandum, asking U.

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