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22 plead guilty in Wichita Falls drug conspiracy case
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A two-year-long investigation by the Wichita Falls Police Department's Special Operations Division and the FBI's Wichita Falls Agency ended with 22 defendants pleading guilty to drug charges.
The investigation began in October 2022 for illegal narcotics being distributed throughout Wichita Falls and North Texas. The FBI's Wichita Falls Resident Agency joined the investigation in March 2023.
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Police said over the next year, hours of surveillance, interviews, search warrants, and controlled buys were conducted to build a successful Federal conspiracy case.
6,789.2 grams of methamphetamine, 719 grams of powder cocaine, 55.1 grams of crack cocaine, 2,197 counterfeit M-30 pills laced with Fentanyl, 50 grams of powder Fentanyl, nine firearms, and $80,714 were seized.
On May 16, 2024, WFPD, the FBI, Texas Department of Public Safety, Wichita County Sheriff's Office, and the United States Marshals conducted a large-scale arrest operation in Wichita Falls and Vernon. Twenty-two subjects were arrested on Federal Conspiracy drug charges.
All 22 people were prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Montes and pleaded guilty.
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