Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday announced the sentencing of a Pima County man who marketed fruit-flavored cocaine on social media, while also issuing a statewide consumer alert about the emerging drug trend.

According to the Attorney Generals Office, Jaden Alfredo Covarrubias was sentenced on Nov. 24 to 1.75 years in prison for soliciting another person to possess approximately 1.55 pounds of cocaine for sale.

Prosecutors say Covarrubias told an associate he had access to coconut, strawberry, and banana-flavored cocaine, and that he used platforms such as WhatsApp to offer illegal drug sales.

As part of the sentence, Covarrubias must also pay $4,500 to the State Anti-Racketeering Revolving Fund and $300 in investigative costs to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DP

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