Two men from Polk County were recently sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to drug charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

The arrests were made from a joint operation in April 2012 with the Polk and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Offices.

Israel Avelioneda-Alviar, of Mill Spring and Morgan Nunez, of Tryon were sentenced in federal court, held in Asheville.

Avelioned-Alviar was sentenced to 120 months (10 years) in prison on charges of conspiracy and distribution of methamphetamine, according to sheriff reports.

Nunez was sentenced to 60 months in prison and four years of supervised release on the same charges, according to sheriff reports.

James Ira Storey, of 41 Bradley Turn, Mill Spring is still wanted in connection with the case.

The Polk and Rutherford sheriff’s offices executed a search warrant on April 19, 2012 and found one pound of methamphetamine, one ounce of cocaine, approximately three ounces of marijuana, approximately $35,000 in cash and five Polk County Sheriff’s Office bulletproof vests, according to police reports.

The case was then turned over to federal officers.