HOUSTON, Texas — Twenty-three individuals have been detained on charges related to drug trafficking, firearms, and money laundering in Texas, following extensive law enforcement operations in the Houston/Galveston and Rio Grande Valley areas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Some of those arrested have already appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judges in Houston, Galveston, and McAllen.
The arrests stem from five separate but related indictments returned by grand juries in Houston and McAllen in May. The charges involve cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine trafficking, firearms-related offenses, and money laundering, with some crimes dating back to January 2023 and others occurring between May 2024 and December 2024. The indictments allege that some individuals were truck drivers transporting drugs north, with 10 kilograms of cocaine reportedly taken to Georgia and money returned to pay drivers and other expenses, according to the press release…