Feds bust drug pipeline from Texas to Baltimore
BALTIMORE — A drug trafficking pipeline between Texas and Maryland has been dismantled. Nine people were indicted on numerous drug trafficking charges in connection to the seizure of 43 kilograms of cocaine. In January 2025, detectives began an investigation into a group of people they believed were importing large amounts of cocaine from Texas to […]
Attorney General Bonta Announces Results of Second Nationwide Collaborative Operation “Coast to Coast” to Combat Human Trafficking
Monday, November 17, 2025 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov SAN DIEGO — As part of a nationwide, joint effort by over 150 law enforcement agencies, non-profits, and corporations, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the results of the second “Operation Coast to Coast.” The operation occurred in October, across 15 states and multiple cities, with the […]
PCSO charges 32 suspects during “Operation Capital City Crack Down,” a yearlong investigation of illegal drug trafficking
Detectives from the PCSO Tactical Drug Unit, Organized Crime Unit, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force worked together in a year-long investigation focusing on a drug trafficking organization based out of Bartow, Florida. The investigation began in August 2024 and included collaboration with the State Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), […]
Cartel Suspects Arrested, Fentanyl Worth $4.5 Million Seized in Central Florida
Eight cartel suspects were recently arrested and 64 pounds of fentanyl worth $4.5 million seized in two separate Central Florida fentanyl drug trafficking investigations. It was the largest seizure in Polk County’s history according to local law enforcement. Two separate multi-agency undercover investigations into Fentanyl drug trafficking led by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High […]
Pappas Pressure Helps Increase Funding to Take On Drug Traffickers
Trump’s proposed cut, which Pappas fought to overturn, would have slashed more than one-third of the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program’s entire budget from FY2025. Following advocacy led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) in opposition to the Trump Administration’s proposed $102 million cut to the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program, legislation advanced out of […]
Three Fentanyl Traffickers Arrested in Coordinated Takedown in Pensacola
PENSACOLA, FL – Three Pensacola residents are behind bars following a coordinated takedown by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the DEA HIDTA Task Force for trafficking fentanyl in Florida. The operation resulted in the arrests of all three suspects, who are currently being held in the Escambia County Jail. The investigation was […]