The 25-year-old Mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Tyrin Truong|Timothy Holdiness|CC BY-SA 4.0
Mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Tyrin Truong, was arrested this week alongside six others following almost a year-long drug trafficking investigation.
The 25-year-old, who became Bogalusa’s youngest mayor in 2022, faces charges for transactions involving drug proceeds, soliciting prostitutes, and unauthorized use of a movable.
Other suspects face charges ranging from drug distribution to conspiracy.
The Louisiana State Police task force has uncovered a drug operation distributing opioids, marijuana, THC products and MDMA, allegedly using social media for transactions and laundering profits to purchase firearms, some tied to local violent crimes.
Louisiana saw 2,456 drug-involved deaths in 2023, according to state health officials.