A man convicted of trafficking drugs from San Joaquin County to the Bay Area was sentenced to eight years in state prison, prosecutors said Friday.

The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said 46-year-old Louis Taylor was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading no contest in May to possessing for sale several pounds of cocaine, heroin and other drugs, along with an enhancement of being armed at the time. He was immediately remanded into custody.

On Feb. 28, the Alameda County Narcotics Task Force and the Pinole Police Department served warrants and Taylor's homes in Oakland and Stockton. Officers seized 11.86 lbs. of cocaine, 1.2 lbs. of cocaine base, 2.1 lbs. of MDMA, 1.97 lbs. of heroin, 21.2 grams of hydrocodone pills, 14.3 grams of marijuana, two handguns, two assault rifles, a

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