Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Rochester, Pa.) U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced last week that a Rochester, PA woman, Rachel M. Novalesi, 37 was one of 27 indicted in a drug trafficking investigation. She is charged with conspiring to to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilos of cocaine or more from October 2018 until around June 22020 The 27 were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for trafficking significant quantities of cocaine from Mexico to the United States. ‘OPERATION TRIPWIRE””, was a 2 year investigation with international, federal, state and local partners. It began shortly after Allegheny County’s designation as a HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA.