DES MOINES, Iowa– Federal, state and local law enforcement announced a major drug trafficking investigation in Central Iowa Wednesday, with 14 people charged in connection with an alleged methamphetamine trafficking operation.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, FBI, Homeland Security Task Force and other law enforcement agencies announced the charges at the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines.
Eleven of the 14 defendants were arrested Tuesday, Sept. 22, one in Des Moines, one in Marshalltown and nine in Perry…