LOUISIANA — Federal officials have announced multiple arrests tied to a large-scale drug trafficking network operating across western Louisiana, according to prosecutors.
Authorities said the investigation involved five separate cases and resulted in the seizure of significant quantities of illegal drugs, including 25 pounds of fentanyl, 335 pounds of methamphetamine and 253 pounds of cocaine.
In one case based in Shreveport, 10 defendants were charged in connection with trafficking fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and methamphetamine from Houston into north Louisiana. Investigators said the case is linked to a death caused by fentanyl distribution. Officials identified Willie Lee Baker as a major distributor in the region, noting he and another defendant have prior drug trafficking convictions…