Black Tar Heroin Operation Bust in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties

Five arrested in Dial-a-Dealer drug trafficking operation

MECKLENBURG COUNTY -- Five individuals were arrested for their involvement in a Dial-a-Dealer drug trafficking operation conducted in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties of North Carolina. The arrests are based on criminal complaints originating from an ongoing multi agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation, code-named "Operation Dirty Girl 3."

The criminal complaints, issued by a federal magistrate judge in the Western District of North Carolina, accuse six individuals of allegedly trafficking Black Tar Heroin, which was received from Mexico and then sold throughout Gaston and Mecklenburg counties. According to criminal complaints, paraphrased, junkies could call a telephone number, and a dispatcher would direct the purchaser to a nearby location where a "runner" would meet the buyer to conduct the transaction.

In addition, two of the six individuals named in the criminal complaints appear to be foreign nationals, and one, Sergio Rosas Garcia, AKA "Bossman" a 24-year-old Mexicano is still at-large. Currently, in either federal or local custody are:

• Wilfredo Andujar, AKA "Rolando Casanova," "Freddy," "Buddy," and "Bori," age 44, in federal custody - Federal Criminal Complaint Number 3:09-mj-173
• Nancy Tebbe Rotolo, age 52, in local custody - Federal Criminal Complaint Number 3:09-mj-173
• James Lee Thompson, AKA "Buddy," age 46, in federal custody - Federal Criminal Complaint Number 3:09-mj-173
• Anthony Britt Moore, age 39, in federal custody - Federal Criminal Complaint number 3:09-mj-187
• Irvin Josue Navarro Ramirez, AKA "Jorge" Mexican, age 25, in federal custody - Federal Criminal Complaint number 3:09-mj-187

The charges contained in the complaints are allegations, and a defendant is presumed innocent until he or she is proven guilty at trial or pleads guilty in a court of law.

Finally, the multi agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force conducting "Operation Dirty Girl 3," is the combined effort of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and Gastonia Police Department, along with other law enforcement agencies. This Task Force has also made other arrests and seizures in Western North Carolina in recent weeks, including several in June and several in July.