Overview
- Authorities say 55 of 56 indicted suspects were taken into custody in coordinated early-morning raids across multiple states.
- The remaining suspect is expected to surrender to Glynn County authorities on Friday, according to the FBI.
- Defendants face federal counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, with some also charged with firearms offenses.
- Investigators allege the organization moved fentanyl, methamphetamine, MDMA, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana through coastal Georgia and beyond.
- FBI SWAT teams and local agencies executed the arrests with assistance from field offices in Texas, South Carolina and New York after an investigation that began in 2023.