Yesterday, U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle, along with the federal, state and local participating agencies comprising the Homeland Security Task Force – Region 15 CORE – New Orleans (“HSTF”), announced the successful conclusion of a nearly four-year, extensive multi-agency narcotics investigation that dismantled multiple drug trafficking organizations operating throughout the Bayou Region. This investigation led to numerous federal indictments, state arrests, substantial prison sentences, as well as the seizure of significant quantities of illegal narcotics, firearms, and criminal assets.
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and supported by several federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. A Thibodaux Police Department Narcotics Agent, assigned to the DEA Task Force as a Task Force Officer within the Eastern District of Louisiana Financial Investigations Unit, led the investigation.
As a result of the exhaustive investigative work, intelligence gathering, surveillance operations, financial investigations, and inter-agency coordination, investigators identified and targeted individuals who were distributing dangerous narcotics throughout Thibodaux, Louisiana, Lafourche Parish, and the surrounding communities.
“Today’s Homeland Security Task Force operation announcements are, at their core, about one thing …protecting our communities from the very real threat of violence posed by drug trafficking organizations,” said U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. “Our shared mission today has remained constant; to enforce the laws of the land and to protect the public that we are proud to serve.”…