President Donald Trump's picks to lead his administration are hitting home runs every single day, and FBI Director Kash Patel is at the top of the batting order with his success rate.
According to reports, DOJ documents were released this week detailing an impressive drug ring bust that unfolded in Lubbock, Texas recently, which included getting a staggering 20 alleged methamphetamine and fentanyl traffickers, who had suspected ties to Mexican drug cartels, off of U.S. streets.
Patel had celebrated the massive drug ring bust earlier in the week on social media.
The numerous arrests was the result of a nearly two-year investigation into the drug ring, according to DOJ documents.
Over the weekend, acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham announced the bust and provided details of who was arrested and what charges they're facing.
The press release noted:
The arrests were the result of a two-year long investigation that began March 2023, during which law enforcement seized more than 43 kilograms of methamphetamine, 285.4 grams of fentanyl (approximately 1,902 pills), 335.5 grams of cocaine, 2,296.7 grams of marijuana, and six firearms.
Fifteen of those arrested for their alleged involvement appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Lubbock, Texas.
#FBIDallas and @DEADALLASDiv along with our local, state, and federal partners in the Lubbock area, arrested more than 20 individuals on March 26 that were part of a drug trafficking ring. pic.twitter.com/chc78BKoKF
— FBI Dallas (@FBIDallas) March 28, 2025
The DOJ report named those who were arrested, and nearly all of them were charged with drug trafficking charges, among other criminal offenses.
The Justice Department noted:
The arrest were part of a joint collaboration between FBI’s Dallas Field Office – Lubbock Resident Agency, the Texas DPS, the DEA’s Dallas Field Office – Lubbock Resident Office, the Caprock High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the U.S. Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations, the Lubbock Police Department, the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Anti-Gang Center, the Levelland Police Department and the Hockley County Sheriff’s Office.
Director Patel celebrated the bust earlier in the week on his X account.
"BREAKING: Tonight I can report yet another successful operation from our brave field agents and regional partners in our ongoing mission to break the drug Cartels. Earlier today, our teams executed a takedown and arrested 22 members of a narcotics trafficking ring in Lubbock, Texas — one who we believe to be working with the Mexican Cartels. Our @FBIDallas team did incredible work, partnering with Texas LEO, @DEAHQ, and others. These are the operations that mean safer streets for American families. And we are just getting started," Patel wrote.
"Send them to GITMO!" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "I am liking these updates from FBI operations. Shows the FBI is working to keep America safe."
