Former DEA agent details capture of notorious Memphis drug lord Craig Petties
For the first time in more than 10 years the former DEA agent responsible for capturing Craig Petties, a notorious drug lord from Memphis with ties to El Chappo, is talking about the experience. He sat down with FOX13 to detail how it happened. READ MORE: www.fox13memphis.com/news/for...
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9 live sentences just in case he identifies as a cat
@Allison_Chaynes
4 ай бұрын
😂
leave it to the DEA to take 20 years to work a case. Job security - never solve anything
@myview5840
4 ай бұрын
They were busy going after evil whyte peeps for jay walking 😊
@Trytostopmeh
4 ай бұрын
@@myview5840dea stands for drug enforcement agency
Meanwhile we’re all robbed via taxes.
@Sirius39170
5 ай бұрын
Ukranians and migrants need it more than you.
@danijones819
5 ай бұрын
the govt robs us everyday
@Calipush75
5 ай бұрын
Move to a country that doesn't have taxes
@Sirius39170
5 ай бұрын
@@Calipush75 lol that's a good thought, but you still have to pay US income tax if you're a citizen. Otherwise people would do exactly that
@user-ql8ps6xn9g
5 ай бұрын
Yep
He was such a Plug, La Barbie a Sinaloa Boss opened up his home to him in Mexico and was paying off the police and military to keep Craig safe. The flow of dope to Memphis didn’t skip a beat!
@terraf3257
5 ай бұрын
Bigger then the twins who told on chapo ?
@santiagopinzon6699
5 ай бұрын
Your right barbie was the owner of all Acapulco at one point
@perma45ACP
5 ай бұрын
Dolphs plug
@KaseemWalker-ow4wo
5 ай бұрын
He should fled to Mexico when his plug offered
@Antuan_the_Swan
5 ай бұрын
Disgraceful.
They speak as if he had hired killers for normal working civilians. I'm sure he used his hired killers for people who didn't pay.
@205ken4
5 ай бұрын
I get what you’re saying but those people had parents, children, etc, etc that loved them, At least the families could go visit & hear their loved ones voices if they were locked up ya know
@expertcritic9547
5 ай бұрын
@@205ken4 you're speaking morality. They knew they had parents, children, etc before they decided to get in the drug trade. They made there choices. No sympathy for criminals
@flyboysneighborhood
5 ай бұрын
@@expertcritic9547talk that talk, where is their accountability ❗️
@jdwool08
5 ай бұрын
@@205ken4they were in the streets which they know what comes with it.
@205ken4
5 ай бұрын
@@expertcritic9547 Right. So it wasn’t their loved ones that should suffer
The reporter looks just like him..
@Heymanesaymane
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@sixthrees333333
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@Cocacola47862
5 ай бұрын
Not all black people look alike what is he were asian hispanic or white you wouldnt say this
@sixthrees333333
5 ай бұрын
@@Cocacola47862 take the joke n keep it moving u crybaby
@HandMeDeals
4 ай бұрын
Definitely a democrat lol i bet he has ebt too @@sixthrees333333
Wow. The DEA man says Memphis had the largest illicit drug importation industry in the US. The corruption in the city is world class.
@TejuanYoung-jt8xw
5 ай бұрын
Free big meech it's level to this shit
@ryen49
5 ай бұрын
@@TejuanYoung-jt8xw nah they both where they deserve to be as losers lol
@thomasandersen5349
5 ай бұрын
This fool ain't Frank MFin Lucas. Y'all acting like he's the King. He's just another gear in the machine. Back to you for weather and sports! (Booooo Chiefs!)
@yrntmoney3745
5 ай бұрын
@@thomasandersen5349he was bigger than frank Lucas he had semi trucks full of cocaine coming in.😂😂😂
@lionheart4529
5 ай бұрын
@@TejuanYoung-jt8xwthat f’kn agent. 😂
Craig Petties was the half brother of Paul Beauregard (AKA DJ Paul) and Ricky Dunigan (AKA Lord Infamous) one of the founding members of Three Six Mafia. Definitely something interesting to think about!
@joecisneros2256
5 ай бұрын
No wonder the name sounded familiar. Crazy
@tretso3
5 ай бұрын
Hypnotize minds
@naturallytoasty556
5 ай бұрын
Dj Paul doesn’t even like to be mentioned in the same sentence as him tho
@chris64k
5 ай бұрын
so thats the reason paul aint never got in no trouble for ripping off several people back then
@rickymcgruder4868
5 ай бұрын
@@chris64k i was thinking the same thang. and the reason they never got robbed, or beat up in feuds and beefs. jeusus christ. i always wonder why nobody got revenge on them for all the artist they ripped off. if former members left in the mid 90s or late 90s. it probably would of been trouble for them.
Must be thousands of druglords in this country
@Underdog271
5 ай бұрын
In every corner of the country
@deeray0604
5 ай бұрын
All hired by the C.I.A.
@RealReelsRightHere
5 ай бұрын
@@deeray0604lmfao yeah don’t go out in the storms with that tin foil hat u got on
@ekbanks
5 ай бұрын
Exactly you have regular ordinary looking white dudes selling much more weight than this guy... This guy off the streets make not a difference no one even cares, 10 times out of 10 these guys do much more good than harm with their money
@eazypeazy33
5 ай бұрын
It’s all about who your related to and who you can pay off ….
If I was in that kind of business the last thing I’ll do is buy things that will attract attention that cost thousands of dollars ESPECIALLY if you don’t have a job 🤔
@acgillespie
5 ай бұрын
Yea, he should of just been wheeling and dealing in super bowl suites on the side. Stayed hidden from everyone
@enochrry6024
5 ай бұрын
Well he eventually knew he would get caught after 29 years pushing that much volume of drugs, from the cartels it comes with the territory.
@cowanmichelle7120
5 ай бұрын
He from Memphis when you ain't never had shitt living in yhe dirty south,you gotta wanna go alllllll out 😊not knowing he PUT THAT RED BEAM ON HIS OWN ASSSS
Fun Fact:Petties was in Project Pat booklet for Album Mista don’t play in Pictures!
@snippits9451
5 ай бұрын
Yea he's DJ Paul brother
@robertprince2651
4 ай бұрын
No way..
@neanam
4 ай бұрын
That's a nice fun fact
@barryirvingj1813
4 ай бұрын
Facts, he was mentioned ☝️💯
@barryirvingj1813
4 ай бұрын
His named rang bells in Memphis and almost the entire South maybe except Florida☝️
"If you from where I'm from you look up to Craig Pettis" RIP Dolph
@FredFlintstone234
5 ай бұрын
why
@suprememagnetic4850
5 ай бұрын
Trash lyrics from a trash rapper. Why kids listen to this crap. Look up your Jesus
@Riles3152
5 ай бұрын
Yea look up to a kingpen bringing death and destruction to his community, who's gonna spend the rest of his days in a human cage.
@musiqsoul5354
5 ай бұрын
9 life sentences yeah look up and laugh out your dam mind
@user-mw8to4ng9i
5 ай бұрын
And that’s why they never amount to nothing..it ain’t systemic racism
We're is the book on capturing the white meth kingpin my ninjas 🥷 🤔
@bairahrecordings
5 ай бұрын
🔥👍🏿😎
@dwightchaos9449
5 ай бұрын
I see books and docs about them busting meth dealers, Motorctcle gangs, Rico’s on white organizations all the time. Arayan Brotherhood, Hells angels, and some skinhead group I don’t remember the name of are fighting rico right now. I see comments like yours often.. why is it just because you haven’t seen or heard of it, you actually think it doesn’t happen. Just because you rather quickly try to blame it on some kind of racism instead of actaully looking to see if they are busting white groups.
@joeskiluv2661
5 ай бұрын
Harder to get dirt on politicians and other members of the Government.......😏
Memphis wild af for airing this content lololol
@user-ql8ps6xn9g
5 ай бұрын
🤣😂😅, GlaDEAtors
@terrellsimmo.s7271
5 ай бұрын
Wtf
@GOLDENCHILD49
5 ай бұрын
Craig was pure pressure, and you didn't wanna play WITH LIL DUDE
@getoutyourfeelings2613
5 ай бұрын
@@GOLDENCHILD49He ain’t no lil dude bra 😂
@GOLDENCHILD49
5 ай бұрын
@@getoutyourfeelings2613 this is wat we called him, I know him
A documentary is coming soon......(I'm being sarcastic)
@BlackDynamite901
5 ай бұрын
Nah, just trying to make a few book sales 😅
@salvadorhernandez8001
5 ай бұрын
@@BlackDynamite901that how it turns to a movie or documentary are made
@juniorried7703
5 ай бұрын
Yup and those pale creatures we benefit the most off it 🤦🏿♂️. The only thing I hate about drug dealers is that most of them destroy their own communities instead of the mfs who put you in the predicament in the first place.
@Shhhstopit
5 ай бұрын
I bet you can't wait, huh?
@YELLE85ATME
5 ай бұрын
@@Shhhstopit I was being sarcastic🖕🏾
9 life sentences 😱😱
Having a get together where you can be targeted like he doesn’t have people on the outside that’s helping him out won’t come for you is insane …
@OffGridMusicEnt
5 ай бұрын
I swear listening to this crap I was like today's people truly a dumb as shit.😂😂 Yes go ahead put your face all over the media bragging about how u fucked his operation up and disrupt the cartels money see if they won't come for you. Just like they found him, ANYONE can find you too and they know what he looks like to 😂😂. I know it must suck always looking over their shoulder. The government they serving cannot protect them or anyone dispite what they might think.
@user-se3hj5hr1q
5 ай бұрын
He’s a former agent, I’m sure all of his friends are highly trained legal killers. Him as well
@salvadorhernandez8001
5 ай бұрын
Petties is a snitch I doubt any one will do work for him again
@dnredd1811
5 ай бұрын
@@salvadorhernandez8001what did he gain by snitching? He got 9 life sentences
@gmon3y46
5 ай бұрын
@@dnredd1811 he recently started ratting like in the last year or so to work his time down
Now would we want that book? what about all this killing going on now. Craig is in federal prison who is responsible for the shyt that is going on now in the city? so what he is saying no one is taking the initiative to fight crime now? that's what i heard
@marydavis2963
5 ай бұрын
Absofukinlutely the question I'd like to hear ; the King of Memphis Dolph an The King Of Dallas Mo3 assassinations an the pipeline was all connected . An out the blue here's jeremy ass popping bk up after all this time that's suspicious .wowzer
@chardin1900
5 ай бұрын
New ninjas
@princediamond5763
5 ай бұрын
I bet the news lady didn't has ishhh to say when them 6 black officers beat up that innocent civilian
@QueenCMB
5 ай бұрын
@@princediamond5763 💯 that part.
“Yeah, I’m from the same streets that made Craig, that’s why I’m in my traphouse runnin’ up this breaaaddddd!” - Long Live Dolph 👑🐬
@imakeherskeet-wj8jz
5 ай бұрын
💯
@verticalintegration5222
5 ай бұрын
You goin be broke forever
@thetruthsayer8347
5 ай бұрын
And he forgot to pay top dollar to take out his enemies so his enemies put him 6feets under
@cowanmichelle7120
5 ай бұрын
@@thetruthsayer8347petties not dead but he might feel dead with them 9 life sentences 😊
@thetruthsayer8347
5 ай бұрын
@@cowanmichelle7120 one is s breathing the other is sleep.
Imagine letting these two capture you😂
@mariej.richard5114
5 ай бұрын
😂
@rizzb4011
5 ай бұрын
Right. Homie, sounds slow as hell.
@VegasElement
5 ай бұрын
Why? They're qualified, trained, educated, & smart men. They caught the guy after all, and I'm sure many more as well.
I live in Memphis. F around and find out for real. Don't come through Memphis bsing or you might not make it home
@jus10bone1
5 ай бұрын
Yea just like most places lol
@jerry8830
5 ай бұрын
@@jus10bone1 yeah, nowadays. I'm just saying I see murders on the news every day. Most the time every news show throughout the day. It's actually terrible. Wouldn't recommend living here but I have heard their are worse places
@Gunmannn.
5 ай бұрын
Ok “Jerry”
@MIMILEWIS01
5 ай бұрын
My family is from Memphis and still live there and u ain't tell no lies😂
@MM-et2jf
5 ай бұрын
Tourists and legits straight.street shit u pulled up on most likely
Craig was bigger than BMF
@naturallytoasty556
5 ай бұрын
Fr? That’s crazy af bro…from dmv area so had no clue he was that big but believe it if he was w Sinaloa and Barbie
@Sesamestreet9080
5 ай бұрын
Ehh probably around the size or bmf was bigger just cause their operation was quite impressive on how far they went on concealing drugs. They been investigating bmf since the 80’s
@bph5070
5 ай бұрын
@@Sesamestreet9080 BMF was only supplied 400 units per month. CP was getting 5000 per month directly From Columbia
He holding’ up them Rollie wrists like he 2Pac. 😂😂😂
That Texas to Memphis connection 🚛
What about REGAN and OLLIE NORTH...i think that they were the BIGGEST
@DreadHeadTruckerTV
5 ай бұрын
Exactly
@neanam
5 ай бұрын
Shhhh 🤫 no one supposed to know that 😉
@loungepuppy799
5 ай бұрын
Stupidest comment I've seen in at least a year dude.
Another Fun Fact: Petties was in La Chat Video Yeen Mad Iz Ya!!!!
@barryirvingj1813
4 ай бұрын
Really?
These are the kind of guys our youth should look up to, not drug lords like Petties.
@lankyprepper8139
5 ай бұрын
Well the government planned this remember
This dude was chilling with La Barbie in Mexico. This dude was a real OG. Who knows how many people he had decapitated
@jaeeluv
4 ай бұрын
🌽
That’s Dj Paul’s of 3-6 Mafia brother!
This what y'all broadcast on Memphis TV for the kids to see and got the nerve to ask "how did we get here".
Thanks
He sounded like a businessman, how do the drugs even get here that’s the question 😒
@lankyprepper8139
5 ай бұрын
President Reagan started that
@rightlanegang8800
5 ай бұрын
He had a trucking company Craig did... I know him personally..Craig
Well that explains all the missing people
I wonder what he would’ve did if he knew he had uninvited guess trying to visit him while they were in Vegas?
@bph5070
5 ай бұрын
More than likely they did.... Probably drove right by it several times....
Started as a teenager, wow, just wow. Young people please go to schools and learn more than how to go to prison.
9 life sentence is wild dawg 😮 stay out them streets kids power is just a show
@devionhubbard5216
5 ай бұрын
But Craig Pettis is REAL LIFE
That drug kingpin life is flashy for sure, but it never ends well man. You never live long enough to ever enjoy the fruits of the labor. Getting in, you’d literally have to have an exit plan out, but even that doesn’t mean much because when you’re in, you’re trapped in. Can’t just walk away lol it’s an overall lose lose situation.
@stunna_CODM
5 ай бұрын
You ain’t bout that life clearly since you don’t understand. Most have different mentality short fun time than a regular long life is the goal. But most the dealers help their family out they are the crash cash cow so to speak they pay with life sentences but his family will never have to work again
"if you from where I'm from - you look up to Criag Petties" - Young Dolph.. RIP 🐬🙏
@primeminister66
5 ай бұрын
Ridiculous
@aaroncortez8347
5 ай бұрын
JackAhh braindead.
Bernie Mac would be proud of Jordan and his new job
@TopShotta2.23
5 ай бұрын
😂
@tremailnutall5561
22 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂awl Jordan 🫢😤😭
#JeremyPierre the guy who's helping cover up the #YoungDolph murder 😢😢😢 He been seen around #GovanHernandez your a very sneaky guy buddy 😏 🙄
@cflo4ever
5 ай бұрын
LONGLIVEYOUNGDOLPH 👑👑👑🐬🐬🐬🐬👑👑👑
@Steph-qg4iw
5 ай бұрын
That’s were gotti n black youngsta come into play
@dagmarwatson3104
5 ай бұрын
Right.
Basic Bro, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
Did violence increase or decrease after he went away?
If you got the brains to be hustling in an organised fashion, you have the skills to be a legit entrepreneur. Step your game up
Dont know if its true but i heard Craig be getting his head whooped in the feds
@Omerta-187
5 ай бұрын
🧢
@Tampa_slotz
5 ай бұрын
Facts
This is what I dislike. The people who commit the crimes can’t write books (while an inmate) and profit off their crime stories. Meanwhile the agents that arrested them can write books and shoot movies about the entire ordeal without issue! Even while still an agent! That ain’t right at all! Smh
He can’t be stopped. He taught and they learned
Narcos: Memphis
These guys are some haters smh
If y’all know he is connected like this why would you make a bookthecartel will come for you just because you have badge doesn’t mean u are safe from the cartel
@ronramey3760
5 ай бұрын
This aint mexico. People have tons of guns over here.
@heightsofsagarmatha
4 ай бұрын
Mexican organized crime doesn't assassinate American cops, last one was Kiki Camarone and the US government severely punished them for that
So who bringing and got all the drugs in Memphis now?
@systagurrl4754
5 ай бұрын
YoGotti 😂😂
@chardin1900
5 ай бұрын
New ninjas
@abrafovictory7193
5 ай бұрын
FBI and the CIA
@Edd0614
5 ай бұрын
@@systagurrl4754😂
@jimmycain8669
Ай бұрын
Ain’t nothing changed
Didn't know that was dj Paul half brother
I don't really care about these small time operations. I want to know more about the US government smuggling drugs.
@bairahrecordings
5 ай бұрын
🔥👍🏿😎
plot twist, craig petties is jeremy pierre
Damn another black men brought him down smh
@masonbrandon3549
5 ай бұрын
Duhhh that's ALWAYS
@Cmorrison626
5 ай бұрын
But you not mad about the black men who were casualties of the drug trade?
@daybagodiswithyou9302
5 ай бұрын
@@Cmorrison626 stfu who’s in prison mostly so do they force people to get high who benefits mostly from prisoners and prisons.
Now who's stopping the Govt...
It's crazy because Memphis really isn't that big. It seems crazy to think how connected this dude was and hes not some LA or Miami, NYC guy and hes got all these crazy latin connects.
There's even a bigger connection tied to him
The community has to step up and not allow drug lords to form
FREE CRAIG‼️
They’ll probably give him a bond he’ll get out and he’ll be back in business tomorrow
@zumaanandrade3961
5 ай бұрын
If he is willing to work for the (SEE EYE A)
I lived in Memphis for 9 years. I'm glad i moved....in 1987.
10k will get a person hit....That's alot of time that they gave cuzin, he may Never touch the streets again!😮
Short lived lives absolutely not worth it.
I cant wait for the based in true story movie to come out
Why do Wall Street criminals get a pass? They do more than this guy in one month.
Capturing drug lords is not going to stop drug trafficking going in detail really never makes sense to me
What a waste of time! You shit him down but another guys easily takes his place! wtf is the point!??! It’s a shame! A joke! Law enforcement is failing non stop at the highest levels!
Gotta work the case long enough to be able to write a book
Just say you want to promote the book. Look at the marketing. Now if only DEA cam go after pharmaceutical companies.
I’ll be mad if my last name was Petties . Don’t ask me I just think it’s goofy lol 🤷🏿♂️
@MykoDrako
5 ай бұрын
petty. lol it's cool how they pronounce it as Perez. Big bro was living in Mexico and most likely called by a mexican name also.
The Japanese in the Chinese mafia sit back and collect money why every gang is getting locked up😂😂 When you become a criminal don’t let your right hand know what your left hand is doing
@DRACOFURY
5 ай бұрын
Uuuuuh... They Gettin locced up too and departed...
@Johnnyjingles87
5 ай бұрын
In the end the only winner is the White man.
@blackshatemyplaylist8643
5 ай бұрын
@@Johnnyjingles87 😂 of course. No one forced blackie to do it
@Underdog271
5 ай бұрын
@@Johnnyjingles87bingo , and they are the biggest drug dealers in this country
@zumaanandrade3961
5 ай бұрын
How about the white drug dealers? It's never televised when they get busted. What about the biggest drug dealer period Uncle Sam. ( See Eye A)@@blackshatemyplaylist8643
It took DEA 20+ yrs to build a case? 😂
Now yall see where Gotti that picture pose from
Who he have in his pocket. So many crooked agents,cops ect......you don't get that big without paying the higher ups..
@Steph-qg4iw
5 ай бұрын
Yo gotti raps about Craig petties in few songs. They connected
@Adrian-xb1rx
5 ай бұрын
The only Connection Yo gotti got with CP is that they are both from Memphis..Yo's song was paying homage to CP
9 life sentences….WOW!!!!!
It sounds like He works for the FBI and the CIA.
It’s hard you to breathe huh 😂😂😂😂😂
What about all the people that died in slavery murder has no statue of limitations and all the police that killed people that they thought had weapons
this is DJ Paul's brother most known unknown. His story is like a damn movie you are patiently waiting to see.
C.I.A. hired him and the D.E.A. arrested him
FREE HIM
@MIMILEWIS01
5 ай бұрын
That part right there
@jayo9393
5 ай бұрын
An idiot
then y’all write books on these people this country is a big as corrupt place
Did they send him to Colorado Supermax Prison?
Great read to say the least…..
One More Fun Fact: Project Pat went to The Feds While Mista don’t play Album was being Pushed and Petties was Being Watched!!!! Do the Math!!!
They were in his payroll he just didn't pony up enough when they demanded it
It's not the fall that gets you, but the sudden stop at the bottom. 9 Life Sentences. Bruh, stay in school. 😂
Damn
The show do a documentary on his life
You can thank black youngsta for your sentences Craig petties
@chardin1900
5 ай бұрын
How?
@Adrian-xb1rx
5 ай бұрын
CP was captured before BY's music was a thing lol
@caligreen570
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 stop it @@chardin1900
Ny do JP think yotti is dangerous man give the media the story on yogotti
Each one them are really nonchalant about it. And now a book with a live signing 😮. Kinda shady.
Guess who's next...
@Steph-qg4iw
5 ай бұрын
Gotti n youngsta pending🎰
That money so long theyll never find it all it’s people still eatin off the legacy he made… Business man i invested a whole million in the mail 🐬
No one ever heard of dude til he got busted mane ain’t terrorize Memphis
@Beno_nolove
4 ай бұрын
Cap
The plug 🔌
Why are we glorifying this life still???
@jaeeluv
4 ай бұрын
🤦🏿♀️‼️💯
fuck the feds free dawg
What's crazy is he made money off drugs and now you making money off him from selling drugs.....THIS WORLD IS CRAZY!!! He should get a cut if you got his picture and name in this book
This was just a commercial for a book drop