Five men will go to trial for kidnapping and carjacking a couple in a BMW on Feb. 2 on Ingraham Street that court testimony shows was related to the disappearance of $80,000 worth of marijuana. Following a preliminary hearing that lasted almost three days, the couple testified that they were about to enter a restaurant on Ingraham Street when three men ordered them back into their car at gunpoint. Owner of the BMW, Joshua Castrillon, 35, admitted to San Diego Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sontag that he was “the middle- man” in the smuggling of 600 pounds of marijuana from Mexico. The marijuana disappeared from a storage site in Mexico and the men in the carjacking wanted their money. His girlfriend testified she knew nothing about the marijuana smuggling and that Castrillon no longer lives with her in Chula Vista. Castrillon and his girlfriend had lived together for five years, but his girlfriend said she did not know that he was involved with drugs. Castrillon testified he saw three guys coming out of a Lincoln Navigator dressed in black hooded sweatshirts and wearing gloves. Castrillon said he had never seen the men before and initially did not think it was related to the missing marijuana. According to Castrillon, one of the carjackers said to him: “You know what this is about. You stole. We know where your kids go to school. We just want to know where the stuff is.” The couple was ordered back into the car, and suspect Gustavo Martinez, Jr., 21, drove the BMW away. Martinez committed traffic violations and a San Diego police car and helicopter began to chase the BMW. Two guns were thrown out the window during the chase. The BMW finally pulled over on a center shoulder median near Hotel Circle Drive, and the men ran out and hid in the bushes. Police arrested Martinez, Arturo Galarza, 39,and Raymundo Quezada, 24, all from Los Angeles. Police later arrested two other men. Castrillon testified Daniel Jasso, 32, was “mad and disappointed” about the missing marijuana. Rafael Ortiz, 23, was also named as a participant. Castrillon testified he did not tell police about the drug debt but admitted to it once police learned about it. “I thought I could fix the problem and the police didn’t need to know,” he said. Castrillon said he “tried to sell a couple of houses in Mexico” to come up with the money for the missing marijuana. Castrillon said the marijuana disappeared about two weeks before the carjacking. He said he never told his girlfriend about the drugs and never stored them in their house. Deputy District Attorney Mark Amador said all five suspects face life sentences in prison if convicted of kidnapping during a carjacking. They are also accused of assaulting Castrillon’s girlfriend with a stun gun. The gun failed, however, and she was not injured. Martinez and Quezada are charged with personal possession of a gun during the kidnapping which carries an extra 10-year term. They are also charged with evading police with reckless driving. Quezada is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle. The suspects pleaded not guilty. They are being held in separate county jails on $500,000 bail each.