FARGO (KFGO) – Nine people have been charged by a federal grand jury in North Dakota after a year-long, multi-agency investigation into drug trafficking and money laundering.
The US Attorney’s Office says the nine are from California, Texas, Colorado, Arizona and Fridley, Minnesota.
According to the indictments, since January of 2022, one of those charged ran a criminal network using a contraband cellphone from inside a federal prison to arrange the sale of methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl in North Dakota, Minnesota and a number of other states. Two of those charged are considered fugitives.
The case is part of what the justice department calls “Operation Wedding Day Blues.”
The investigation included agents from Homeland Security Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Postal Inspection Service, IRS, North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Grand Forks Police and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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