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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 01, 2010
Contact: PIO Angela Dodge
Number: (713)-567-9000

Nine Houston Residents Arrested in Largest PCP Seizure in DEA History

DEC 01 -- (HOUSTON) – A four-count federal indictment charging Houston area residents with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP) and three counts of possession with the intent to distribute PCP has been unsealed following the arrest of nine charged, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.

The indictment, returned under seal by a Houston grand jury in November 2010, was unsealed today after a combined task force including the DEA, United States Marshals Service, Houston and Pasadena Police Departments, Harris and San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Offices and the Department of Public Safety arrested Andre Smith, 52, Samuel Joseph Jackson, 35, Tyrone Dewayne Roberson, 38, Michael Ardion, 50, Archie Deneshe Harris, 34, Cameo Deshawn McAfee, 24, Joseph Lamar Broussard, 37, Karola Johnson-Gant, 43, and Chatela Jackson, 32, all Houston residents.

Smith was arrested in Mississippi and will make an initial appearance there. Broussard was arrested in Louisiana, waived his initial appearance and is being transferred to Houston. The remaining seven defendants are expected to make their initial appearances tomorrow afternoon, Dec. 2, 2010, before United States Magistrate Judge John R. Froeschner in Houston.

“The success of the investigation leading to today’s arrests is a result of the close and sustained cooperation between DEA and our law enforcement partners to target and remove drug trafficking organizations operating in and around the Houston metro area,â€