All forms of racial segregation may have been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court nearly 50 years ago, but apparently, the Texas drug community did not receive that memo.

Earlier this week, federal authorities say they took down about a dozen Texas residents that they suspect to be a part of what authorities are calling a “whites only” methamphetamine operation – infamous for trafficking and murder.

Federal agents say they have taken into custody 12 suspected members of the “Solid Wood Soldiers” and “Separate White State” gang within the last week. Incidentally, it is believed that the core of SWS organization is anchored in Texas, with the majority of its business being stimulated by the jail and prison systems - operating under Nazi principles.

Four of the 12 defendants have been charged with murder in aid of racketeering, and authorities say they feel confident that more arrests will be made in the near future as the rats continue to fight for survival.

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