The Westside Narcotics Task Force says a major drug supply line feeding the Houston metro area just took a serious hit. After a coordinated multi-agency operation in Austin County, investigators arrested a suspect and seized what they describe as multiple kilograms of illegal drugs along with a six-figure pile of cash, all tied to a broader trafficking probe that is still unfolding, as reported by MyTexasDaily.
According to MyTexasDaily, which cited a Westside Narcotics Task Force press release, investigators on Wednesday executed a search warrant at the suspect’s Austin County home and came away with about 4.5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, roughly 3.5 kilograms of cocaine and $174,372 in U.S. currency. The outlet identified Laqwentis Adams as the person taken into custody and reported that authorities believe he acted as a source of supply for the trafficking organization under investigation. Officials had not immediately released charging documents.
Task force partners and reach
The Westside Narcotics Task Force operates as a multi-agency HIDTA unit spread across five counties, pulling investigators from the Austin County Sheriff’s Office, Bellville Police Department, Sealy Police Department, Hempstead Police Department and the Waller County Sheriff’s Office, according to the National HIDTA Directors Association. That setup lets local officers and federal partners coordinate undercover operations, traffic stops and search warrants across jurisdictional lines. In the past year, WNTF has been at the center of several major seizures tied to larger investigations into Mexican drug-trafficking networks.
MyTexasDaily reports that the wider investigation has so far resulted in six arrests and, when combined with related law enforcement actions, a total haul of about 9.5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 7 kilograms of cocaine and $228,122 in cash. The outlet adds that the WNTF operation drew support from the DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, Houston Police Department narcotics officers and the Texas Department of Public Safety, and that the Austin County Sheriff’s Office publicly thanked those partners for their assistance. Prosecutors and investigators say the case is still active and that formal charging documents will be filed as the probe moves forward…