WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement in D.C., Virginia, Maryland, San Diego, and Los Angeles arrested 11 additional alleged members of a fentanyl drug distribution, responsible for bringing hundreds of thousands of fake blue Oxycodone (M30) pills, containing fentanyl, from California to D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Administrator Anne Milgram, of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Special Agent in Charge Jarod Forget, of the DEA Washington Division, Inspector in Charge Damon Wood, of the United States Postal Inspection Service Washington Division, and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Defendants Trayveon James Johnson, Karon Olufemi Blalock, Ronte Ricardo Greene, Melvin Edward Allen, Jr., Darius Quincy Hodges, Lamin Sesay, Paul Alejandro Felix, Omar Arana, Edgar Balderas, Jr., Raul Pacheco Ramirez, and Giovani Alejandro Briones, were arrested in coordinated law enforcement operations conducted across three states and the District of Columbia. They are named in a fourth superseding indictment that includes 13 other previously charged defendants (complete chart of arrested defendants below) and alleges a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl.

“As the breadth and scope of this indictment and corresponding arrests show, our office is working tirelessly to hold those who peddle poison in our community criminally accountable,” said U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves. “There...

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