BEAUMONT, Texas - On Jan. 27, 2020, Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Executive Director Mike McDaniel and DEA Houston Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple are pleased to announce the establishment of a new HIDTA initiative in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
The mission of the DEA-led South East Texas Drug Enforcement Task Force will be identifying and dismantling high-level drug trafficking and money laundering organizations operating in the area. The initiative will gather and disseminate intelligence and leads to other HIDTA initiatives, as well as other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, both inside and outside Texas.
The task force will be staffed by personnel from DEA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Jefferson County Sheriff 's Office, Chambers County Sheriff's Office; as well as the police departments of Beaumont, Port Arthur, Vidor, Port Neches, Nederland, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
