FBI arrests multiple law enforcement officers in sprawling Mississippi Delta drug conspiracy takedown
Source: Mississippi Today
OXFORD — Twenty people, including 14 law enforcement officers, across the Mississippi Delta and Tennessee were arrested on Thursday by the FBI in a drug conspiracy takedown after a sprawling years-long investigation, federal authorities announced.
The investigation and alleged police corruption spanned counties across the Delta and stretched into Memphis, Tennessee, where some of the officers are alleged to have accepted bribes in exchange for providing protection to undercover FBI agents posing as members of a Mexican drug cartel. On three occasions between 2023 and 2024, the officers escorted the undercover agents transporting cocaine through the rural Delta along U.S. Highway 61 and into Memphis, court records allege.
Of the 20 individuals charged, 19 are accused of illegally carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The charges, which are outlined across multiple indictments, portray an operation that extended from rank-and-file patrol officers up through police chiefs and sheriffs. The allegations mark a “monumental betrayal of the public’s trust,” said Clay Joyner, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi.
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Gaston is the elected Washington County sheriff, and Bruce Williams is the elected Humphreys County sheriff. Gaston allegedly gave his blessing “for the cartel to transport narcotics and narcotics proceeds through Washington County and for the cartel to use his deputies” for the illicit drug runs. Williams allegedly received multiple bribes “for the cartel to operate in his county” and for the cartel to use his deputies for protection.
Read more: https://mississippitoday.org/2025/10/30/fbi-arrests-delta-sheriffs/
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