A Fort Worth police officer was fired in January after DEA agents found drugs at his home and he tested positive for cocaine, according to his termination letter obtained by the Star-Telegram.
Officer Ruben Gastelum’s employment was terminated following an Internal Affairs investigation, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a news release on Jan. 23.
The investigation started after Drug Enforcement Agency agents executed a federal narcotics search warrant on Aug. 7, 2024, at Gastelum’s home, according to the termination letter. The main target of their investigation was another resident of the house, whose name is redacted from the copy of the letter that was released to the Star-Telegram through an open records request…