Federal, state, and Baltimore City police say they have broken up a drug trafficking crew that ran open-air drug markets in North Baltimore, securing indictments for 11 people and seizing nearly nine kilograms of narcotics, multiple firearms, and more than $55,000 in cash. The nearly year-long probe zeroed in on two neighborhood hotspots, the 1800 block of North Collington Avenue and the 2600 block of Greenmount Avenue, after investigators used court-authorized wiretaps and coordinated search warrants. Officials unveiled the takedown at a Jan. 15 news conference and described the operation as a direct hit on wholesalers who were supplying street-level sellers.
Prosecutors' account
According to the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City, the FBI Baltimore Safe Streets Task Force, working with DEA agents and Baltimore Police, opened the investigation in early 2025 and identified Terell Pryor as a volume supplier who moved kilogram quantities to associates. The State's Attorney's Office says wiretaps on multiple phones, followed by a series of search warrants, produced intercepted calls that charted a wholesale distribution network. Local reporting by WBAL-TV reviewed court documents and timelines that line up with that account from prosecutors.
How investigators built the case
Investigators told reporters they leaned hard on wiretaps and tightly timed early-morning search warrants to follow the path of shipments from suppliers to sidewalk sellers. Court filings and warrant inventories laid out a recurring pattern of meetings, stash houses, and lookouts that helped agents piece together the organization's structure, according to WMAR-2 News. Prosecutors say that surveillance work produced enough evidence to seek indictments and move to seize suspected drug proceeds and related property.
Official reactions
"These indictments show the success we can achieve together to make our communities safer," FBI Baltimore Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul said at the announcement, crediting the close coordination among agencies. Ivan Bates, Baltimore City State's Attorney, argued that organizations like this one "fuel violence, addiction, and disorder in neighborhoods that deserve stability and opportunity," comments that were published by his office alongside the charging documents. The State's Attorney's Office released those remarks with additional details about the indictments.
Seizures, charges and community reaction
Searches executed between September and November 2025 reportedly turned up roughly five kilograms of cocaine from one home and more than three kilograms from another, along with loaded firearms, some with obliterated serial numbers, and packaging materials, according to inventories described by WBAL-TV. Prosecutors have indicted 11 people on firearm and drug trafficking charges and say the probe disrupted two open-air markets in North Baltimore; local outlets, including WMAR-2 News documented the list of defendants and the items agents recovered. A short video published by CBS News Baltimore summarized the U.S. Attorney's Office statement that the organization operating in North Baltimore was dismantled.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty, and the case remains active as prosecutors prepare to move forward with charges. Authorities say the seized firearms will be analyzed for possible ties to violent crimes, and additional arrests or filings remain on the table as investigators continue reviewing the evidence.
