Federal agents find 300 pounds of meth in ice cream freezers in Louisiana drug bust

Louisiana drug bust nets meth-filled ice cream machine and 18-wheeler carrying cocaine

Louisiana drug bust nets meth-filled ice cream machine and 18-wheeler carrying cocaine LAFAYETTE, La. (KPLC) – Federal officials have announced arrests in five cases involving drug trafficking throughout western Louisiana. Investigators uncovered 25 pounds of fentanyl, 335 pounds of meth and 253 pounds of cocaine, officials said. “We all – myself, probably you, probably your viewers – all have somebody in their lives whose lives have been affec…

Federal agents find 300 pounds of meth in ice cream freezers in Louisiana drug bust

Federal officials announced the results of five different drug busts across western Louisiana.

U.S. Attorney: 5 Homeland Security Task Force cases disrupt drug trafficking in Shreveport, other parts of state

LAFAYETTE, La. – Ten people accused of trafficking kilogram quantities of fentanyl and other drugs from across the border then through Houston and onto Shreveport are among those indicted in recent weeks in a multi-agency investigation targeting illegal aliens and…

La. Homeland Security Task Force seized 335 pounds of meth, 253 pounds of cocaine in five operations

Representatives of the Homeland Security Task Force provided details Thursday on five drug busts around the state that took 335 pounds of methamphetamine, 253 pounds of cocaine and 25 pounds of fentanyl off the streets.

Federal agents arrest 4 in Acadiana; meth hidden in ice cream freezers, cocaine found in 18-wheeler

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Four men were arrested in Acadiana as part of a federal drug trafficking operation. State and federal agents announced the arrests during a news conference at the federal courthouse in Lafayette. U.S. Attorney Zachary Keller…

2 Mexican nationals arrested in Breaux Bridge after agents find 300 pounds of meth in ice cream freezers

BREAUX BRIDGE — Federal agents seized more than 300 pounds of meth that was hidden in ice cream freezers and arrested two Mexican nationals, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors say the two men who were arrested, Ranulfo Garcia Rodriguez and Christian Antionio Sanchez Ramirez, were stopped while towing several ice cream freezers through the area. Inside the freezers were metal boxes welded to the back wall.When they opene…