Source: United States Department of Justice
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On October 15, 2026, ALFRED FLANAGIN (“FLANAGIN”), age 42, and ASHA GANPAT (“GANPAT”), age 46, of New Orleans, were indicted for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, controlled substances and use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), 841(b)(1)(C), 841(b)(1)(D), 841(b)(1)(E), 843(b), and 846, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. FLANAGIN was also indicted for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and maintaining a drug-involved premises, in violation of Title 21, United States Code Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), 841(b)(1)(C), 841(b)(1)(D), 841(b)(1)(E), and 856(a)(2), and Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A).