36 indicted in multi-state Homeland Security investigation

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– 36 people have been charged in a multi-state Homeland Security task force investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering across international borders.

The investigation identified that a Mexico-based drug trafficking and money laundering organization has been operating in South Carolina since 2011.

U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling says the DEA seized large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana.

Expensive personal items that were purchased with drug trafficking proceeds were also seized.

This included two Rolls Royces, a Lamborghini, and an Aston Martin.

The Federal Communications Commission will hold a vote on November 19 that may allow state prisons to legally use cell-phone jamming technology.

Stirling says should this pass, he believes crime activity statewide would drastically drop.