Twenty people were arrested in the FBI investigation in the Mississippi Delta, including two sheriffs and 12 other law enforcement officers.

The 14 law enforcement officials in the Mississippi Delta the FBI arrested at the end of October on federal criminal charges related to their alleged participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy have all pleaded not guilty.

As previously reported, a yearslong investigation across the Mississippi Delta and Shelby County, Tennessee culminated with the FBI arresting Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston, Humphreys County Sheriff Bruce Williams, and 12 other current or former law enforcement officers in Mississippi. Six others were also arrested and indicted in the operation, bring the total facing charges to 20 people.

U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner of

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