Years-long drug trafficking investigation yields 37 arrests

A total of 37 people were charged in connection with an extensive two-year investigation into drug trafficking and money laundering in Moore County.
Posted 12/13/2024, 2:26:01 PM Updated 12/13/2024, 6:58:05 PM

OF KILLING HER BOYFRIEND

REGINALD A IN 2011.

BRETT KNESE IN THE WRAL LIVE

CENTER FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING

NEWS OUT OF MOORE COUNTY WHERE

THE SHERIFF RONNIE FIELD

>> HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S A

HE'S A INVESTIGATORS HAVE

ARRESTED. 37 PEOPLE, ALL PART

OF THE MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCRIPTS

SCHEME. THIS IS THE RELEASE

THAT HE JUST SENT OUT. HE SAYS

THIS IS ALL PART OF THIS

MASSIVE SCHEME THAT INCLUDED

30 KILOS OF FENTANYL, 80 KILOS

OF METH AND 14 KILOS OF COCAINE

AND OVER $600,000 IN CASH AS

WE SCROLL THROUGH ALL OF THESE

NAMES, 37 OF THEM, A LOT OF

THEM FROM ARIZONA, AT LEAST

3 FROM THE MOORE COUNTY AREA.

WORKING TO LEARN MORE

INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFF

ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION.