U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner called the alleged actions of the officer a “monumental betrayal of the public’s trust.”

Two sheriffs were among 14 law enforcement officials in the Mississippi Delta the FBI arrested Thursday on criminal charges related to their alleged participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy.

A yearslong investigation across the Mississippi Delta and Shelby County, Tennessee culminated Thursday when the FBI arrested Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston, Humphreys County Sheriff Bruce Williams, and 12 other current or former law enforcement officers in Mississippi.

In all, the FBI announced indictments for 20 people, with 19 of them also charged with violating federal firearm laws pertaining to carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

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