CASE UPDATE from
@FBIMinneapolis and
@FBIDenver: A multi-agency law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals located throughout the Pine Ridge Reservation, Rapid City, and Box Elder, South Dakota, as well as in Colorado, as part of Operation Take Back America.
Operation Black Book is a federal investigation into a multi-state cocaine trafficking organization responsible for importing kilograms of cocaine into western South Dakota. Through the investigation, law enforcement has thus far seized over 37 firearms, more than $61,000, and approximately five kilograms of cocaine intended for distribution in South Dakota.
The investigation was spearheaded by the #
FBI# Badlands Safe Trails Task Force, DEA, and IRS-CI with support from other law enforcement partners. Read more: