The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Twenty-five people were charged on June 30 for their alleged roles in two major Minnesota-based drug trafficking organizations, the Department of Justice announced.

The agency unsealed two indictments detailing a months-long, multi-agency investigation that led to multiple charges against each suspect, including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and other substances, firearm offenses, violent crimes including murder, and others.

Twelve of the individuals, who were believed to be part of gangs known as the “Family Mob” and “G Block,” were arrested on June 30, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis Field Office Christopher Dotson said during a press conference announcing the indictments.

Several others are already in state custody and will be transferred to federal facilities soon, he said.

One drug trafficking suspect, Fronta Lontrell Miller, 50, remains at large, Dotson noted. A federal warrant was issued for his arrest on June 26.

U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen and Dotson said the investigation and operation to apprehend the suspects would not have been possible without “shoulder-to-shoulder” cooperation among local, state, and federal agencies.

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“Members and associates of these organizations we allege are responsible for operating open-air drug markets ... and selling at least hundreds of thousands of lethal doses of fentanyl, just in the short period of this investigation,” Rosen said.

DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Rafael Mattei of the Minneapolis/St. Paul District Office further clarified at the press conference that the suspects were allegedly responsible for “no less than 333,000 deadly doses” of fentanyl flowing into Minnesota’s communities.

The indictment against the members of the Family Mob gang supersedes one announced by Department of Justice officials a couple of months ago. It adds nine defendants who face new drug trafficking charges and two suspects facing new murder charges.

Family Mob members are accused of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine, Rosen said.

The second indictment against the G Block gang was newly unsealed on June 30, accusing the members of trafficking in large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine throughout Minneapolis and beyond, contributing to an escalation of violence across the city.

Rosen, Dotson, and Mattei were also joined in announcing the indictments by Minneapolis Police Department Interim Chief Bill Peterson and Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt.

Peterson highlighted the partnerships among agencies and said these types of operations “are making a difference.”

“Today’s arrest represents another significant step in our shared effort to dismantle the criminal organizations responsible for trafficking illegal narcotics, fueling gun violence, terrorizing our neighborhoods,” Peterson said. “Drug trafficking is a cancer within our city.”

Witt took the podium at the press conference and explained how her agency’s West Metro Drug Task Force launched an investigation into two of the suspects named in the indictment a year ago. As the investigation progressed, the sheriff’s department learned of local and federal agencies conducting similar operations related to connected suspects and criminal activity.

Bringing each agency together lent a broader understanding of how the two gangs operated within the Twin Cities, Witt said.

“No single agency can tackle criminal organizations like these alone. That is why these collaborations matter,” Witt said.

The gang members “have terrorized the Twin Cities for many years,” Dotson said.

“The amount of fentanyl allegedly distributed by the defendants in these literal open-air drug markets is enough to have killed thousands, and the violence allegedly used to control these drug trafficking enterprises was equally horrendous,” Dotson said.

Both gangs controlled and took territory in Minneapolis by force for the right to sell drugs there, the FBI agent said.

They were working not in concert with each other, according to Dotson, but rather in parallel.

“Our streets are not your territory,” Dotson said. “These streets belong to the families and good citizens that make up our neighborhoods.”

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