11 arrested in meth trafficking bust stretching across southeastern Montana

Billings Gazette

On Friday, 10 people who had been arrested on allegations of trafficking methamphetamine on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations and in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Rosebud counties were arraigned on indictments alleging multiple crimes, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

Another individual was arraigned on Thursday on a related case.

Seven of the defendants face charges in a multi-count indictment alleging meth trafficking, firearms and money laundering crimes. Four additional defendants, including one who previously was in custody, face meth trafficking charges in three companion indictments.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan presided. All defendants were detained pending further proceedings.

Agents with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI arrested 10 of defendants on Wednesday in a coordinated takedown involving multiple law enforcement officers at various locations on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations and in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Rosebud counties.

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A 13-count indictment alleges that multiple defendants conspired to possess with intent to distribute meth from January 2022 through March 2023 in Billings, in Yellowstone County; Hardin, in Big Horn County; Crow Agency, Wyola and Lodge Grass, in Big Horn County

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