Homeland Security Agents Charged With Selling Illegal Drugs Seized as Evidence

The two special agents were accused of abusing their positions as law enforcement officers to acquire drugs commonly known as bath salts.
Homeland Security Agents Charged With Selling Illegal Drugs Seized as Evidence
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
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A second Homeland Security agent has been charged with selling illegal drugs, taken from seized evidence, for hundreds of thousands of dollars through a confidential informant.

Nicholas Kindle, a special agent in Utah tasked with investigating illegal narcotics trafficking, was arrested three weeks after his alleged co-conspirator, special agent David Cole. Both men face felony drug distribution conspiracy charges. Kindle faces an additional charge of conspiracy to convert U.S. government property for profit.