Three Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Found with Over 400 Pounds of Methamphetamine

NASHVILLE – A joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of three individuals for conspiring to distribute over 400 pounds of methamphetamine in Nashville, Tennessee, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis.

The complaint charges Zachery Manier, 49, Danny Ray Jones, Jr., 48, and Reginald Levon Cooper, 40, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine.

During the investigation, agents learned that a target Drug Trafficking Organization (“DTO”) was using the U.S. Postal Service to ship drugs to various residences in the Middle District of Tennessee. As part of the investigation, on January 24, 2024, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Nashville residence believed to be a stash house for the DTO, where agents recovered over 400 pounds of methamphetamine. Manier, Jones, and Cooper were arrested at the residence.

This case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office with substantial assistance provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brooke Farzad and Mitchell Galloway are prosecuting the case.

A Criminal Complaint is merely an allegation. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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