Eight individuals arrested today by Federal agents

Tuesday morning update: Eight individuals arrested today by Federal agents

Eight defendants, named in three indictments returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last month and just unsealed, were arrested today by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Mobile Enforcement Team (MET), announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas and James L. Capra, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Dallas Division. The arrests, mostly in the Greenville, Texas, area, are the result of the MET, assisted by local and state authorities working undercover to investigate and ultimately dismantle the large crack cocaine distribution organization. In addition, in the course of executing several federal and state search warrants, narcotics, drug trafficking paraphernalia and firearms were seized. Defendants will begin making their initial court appearances this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney in U.S. District Court in Dallas.