HAMMOND, La. -- The FBI raided the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office and Hammond Police Department's offices Thursday, seizing computers, cellphones and case files in searches stemming from a US Justice Department investigation of a federal drug task force according to our partners at The Advocate.
The raids closed down two government buildings in Hammond as agents conducted interviews searched the premises in relation to a nearly year-old inquiry into a US Drug Enforcement Administration task force accused of stealing cash from drug dealers, selling confiscated narcotics and tampering with witnesses.
Two former members of the New Orleans-based task force, both of whom worked for TPSO, are facing federal charges. One pleaded guilty to state drug conspiracy charges earlier this year.