Indian Couple Arrested for Selling Drugs, Prostitutes at Roadside Hotel
An Indian couple was arrested for allowing illegal activities, such as drug sales and prostitution, to take place at their roadside hotel in Virginia.
Kosha Sharma, 52, also known as “Ma or Mama K” and Tarun Sharma, 55, also known as “Pop or Pa,” were the owners of the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries and “rented and operated the hotel” and allowed illegal activities to take place on the third floor, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The Sharmas allegedly received “a share of the profits from their illegal activities,” according to a criminal complaint.
“Drug and sex trafficking devastate communities by exploiting vulnerable individuals and fueling violence and addiction,” Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a statement. “Our office is committed to dismantling criminal enterprises that profit from human suffering. »
According to the press release, between May 28, 2025 and December 17, 2025, law enforcement “conducted nine prostitution encounters and 15 controlled purchases of fentanyl” at the hotel:
From May 28, 2025, to December 17, 2025, law enforcement conducted nine prostitution encounters and 15 controlled purchases of fentanyl at the Red Carpet Inn. Eleven of the controlled purchases concerned fentanyl, the other four concerned cocaine. The complaint alleges that Margo Waldon Pierce, aka Marko, 51, distributed illegal narcotics in connection with the 15 controlled buys.
Joshua Roderick, aka Josh, 40, Rashard Perrish Smith, aka Sean/Shawn, B, B-more, or Baltimore, 33, were also arrested for their alleged roles in the criminal activity at the Red Carpet Inn.
According to the press release, “the defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl.”
The other defendants, Joshua Roderick, 40, and Rashard Perrish Smith, 33, who were also arrested for their alleged involvement in the operation, are described as alleged “large-scale narcotics distributors who work together throughout Northern Virginia,” according to a criminal complaint, the Prince William’s era reported.
Margo Waldon Pierce, 51, who was also arrested for her alleged involvement, alongside Roderick, allegedly “lived at the Red Carpet Inn for extended periods of time” between 2024 and 20255, according to the outlet:
Smith and Roderick are believed to be large-scale narcotics distributors who work together in northern Virginia. Pierce is allegedly a drug dealer for Smith and Roderick’s operation, according to the criminal complaint.
Throughout 2024 and 2025, Roderick and Pierce lived at the Red Carpet Inn for extended periods of time, and Smith also stayed there frequently, according to the criminal complaint.
According to the criminal complaint, the Sharmas allegedly charged their clients a price “of approximately $100 to rent rooms on the third floor, which is higher than the price of rooms on the first and second floors,” the outlet reported.
“These arrests stem from a joint investigation between the FBI, the Prince William County Police Department and the Virginia State Police,” said Reid Davis, the special agent in charge of the Criminal Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office, in a statement.
