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Louisiana mayor arrested in connection with drug-trafficking investigation

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Tyrin Truong after winning the Bogalusa, Louisiana, mayor’s office in 2022 at age 23. Photograph: WWL Louisiana

One of the US’s youngest municipal mayors was arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with a drug-trafficking investigation by authorities in his home state of Louisiana.

The charges against Tyrin Truong, who was 23 when he was elected mayor of the city of Bogalusa in 2022, include engaging in transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses and the illicit solicitation of sex work.

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