Rochester woman Indicted on drug charges

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.

 They identified  and dismantled the organization’s national network and operations from California and Arizona to Pittsburgh.. The U.S. Postal Service  Office of the Inspector General , using advanced analytical tools,  are always on the look- out  for those seeking to abuse the mail system by sending drug parcels in the mail.USPS OIG SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE is.  Kenneth Cleevely of the Eastern Field office. He said  drug traffickers  should be put on notice  when we identify a suspicious parcel , we use our investigative resources  to identify those responsible. and work with law enforcement  seize the traffickers narcotics and money and seek to put them in prison.