JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
Thirteen people have been indicted as the result of a two-year investigation targeting a major crack cocaine organization operating in Central Mississippi.
U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Fox and MBN Director Marshall Fisher announced the indictments.
Teams of state, local and federal law enforcement officers arrested ten defendants and executed one search warrant at a Jackson location. Officers seized crack and powder cocaine, and a stolen firearm in the search.
There are outstanding warrants on three of the thirteen defendants.
The following appeared Friday before U. S. Magistrate Judge Keith Ball on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine:
- Don Dewayne Williams, 45, of Flowood
- Curtis Anthony Shell, 37, of Jackson
- George Guston, III, 37, of Clinton
- Leroy McDowell, 25, of Jackson
- Numaine Caston, 38, of Jackson
- Teddy Leroy Williams, 50, of Vicksburg
- Robert Lamont Moore, 32, of Goodman
- Richard Charles Wheat, 59, of Jackson
- James Jeremy Banks, 32, of Mendenhall
- Jeffery Jerome Wesley, 28, of Jackson
U. S. Attorney Davis says the investigation was partially funded by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), which was created in 1982.
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