14 ” Black Gangster Disciples” indicted for drug & gun trafficking
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14 “BLACK GANGSTER DISCIPLES” INDICTED FOR DRUG & GUN TRAFFICKING IN TACOMA, WA
Law enforcement fanned out to some 17 locations in Washington, Oregon, and California, on Wednesday February 4, 2026, making 14 arrests following a wiretap investigation of a drug and gun trafficking organization affiliated with the Black Gangster Disciples street gang, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
Members allegedly hacked into drug distribution companies to reroute shipments of controlled substances to sell on the streets, paid kickbacks to a pharmacist to fill fake prescriptions, and trafficked firearms with switches (pictured) to make them machine guns to fight rivals.
77 firearms and 100 automatic conversion devices were seized alongside:
—4 kg of meth
—2 kg of Phenazepam
—10.5 kg of counterfeit oxycodone pills
—887.9 g of fentanyl pills
—924 g of fentanyl powder
—557.6 g of cocaine
—268.8 g of Xanax pills
“The defendants in this indictment allegedly engaged in a wide range of criminal conduct – pressing narcotic pills for distribution, trafficking firearms and switches to make them machine guns, using those guns to settle scores with rival gangsters,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Neil Floyd.
“Ringleader Kevin Salgado allegedly distributed the pills he manufactured in western Washington and across the country through the mail. So far three overdose deaths have been connected to Salgado’s activity.”
