Local, State, and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Engage in Largest Drug Bust in Colorado History Arresting Gang Members and Drug Dealers

The defendants arrested by the Metro Gang Task Force, FBI, DEA, the Denver OCDETF Strike Force, and the ICE HSI were the result of seven separate indictments obtained by a federal grand jury in Denver. Many made court appearances this afternoon in two separate courtrooms, where they were advised of the charges pending against them, and the related penalties. The federal defendants will have detention hearings and will be arraigned next week. The defendants arrested by the North Metro Task Force are being prosecuted by the 17th Judicial District Attorney Don Quick.

“This combined enforcement action to take down four separate but related investigations demonstrates the coordinated strength and professionalism of federal, state and local law enforcement working together in Metro Denver,” said U.S. Attorney John Walsh. “These results could not have been done without the hundreds of members of our law enforcement family. Today our streets are safer, and the drug trade in Colorado has suffered a massive blow.”

If convicted, a vast majority of the federally charged defendants face not less than 10 years, and up to life in federal prison, as well as a fine of not more than $10,000,000.