Arnetta Harris, Aiding and Abetting Cocaine Trafficking, New Hampshire 2021

Arnetta Harris, 60, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, has been caught in a massive drug trafficking operation in New Hampshire.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 14, 2018, Harris sold crack cocaine to another individual who in turn sold the crack cocaine to an undercover officer. Shortly after the sale, officers conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle Harris was driving and a search revealed crack cocaine in a DVD case located in the footwell of the car.

After her arrest, Harris admitted that she drove another individual to conduct the drug transaction. She further confirmed the DVD case was used in the drug transaction.

Harris is scheduled to be sentenced on August 31, 2021. The charges against her include one count of aiding and abetting the distribution of a controlled substance.

Law enforcement officials say that Harris is one of eleven individuals charged in this drug trafficking case. All have pleaded guilty. Several members of the conspiracy have received substantial prison sentences, including Melvin Nooks, Jr., who was sentenced to 120 months, and George Cruz, who was sentenced to 63 months.

“Drug trafficking endangers public health and safety in our communities,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Farley. “Working closely with our law enforcement partners, we are targeting the organizations that distribute dangerous drugs in Nashua and throughout the Granite State.”

The case was a collaborative investigation that involved the FBI New Hampshire Safe Streets Gang Task Force; the Nashua Police Department; the New Hampshire State Police; the Manchester Police Department; New Hampshire Probation and Parole; DEA; Massachusetts State Police Department; Portsmouth Police Department and the Federal Protective Service. The United States Marshals Service also assisted in the investigation.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Georgiana MacDonald and Anna Krasinski.

This investigation is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

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