A Guatemalan drug supplier was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a scheme to smuggle drugs inside working car batteries, the U.S. Attorney for Maryland announced Tuesday.

Cesar Molina-Maldonado, 40, smuggled more than 300 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. and supplied large quantities of cocaine and heroin to drug dealers in Maryland. Co-conspirators used the drug-money to purchase vehicles at auto auctions, which were then transported to Guatemala, with the remaining proceeds hidden in the vehicle.

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