News About Drugs and Narcotics

"Drug Roundup

So far, more than a dozen arrests have been made in a drug roundup in Leake County [Mississippi]..."

Updated October 29, 2013
Source and full story here:
http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/Drug-Roundup-229725531.html

"Drug Task Force Down to Four

Lauderdale County, Miss.

The war on drugs in east Mississippi took a major hit this month. With reduction in funding from the federal government to the state and from the state to local law enforcement, the East Mississippi Drug Task Force has had to reduce its numbers from eleven agents to just four.

"With the city not having any organized narcotics investigations and our efforts being reduced from eleven agents down to four, it's going to be tough times for narcotic investigations here in the Meridian/Lauderdale County area," said Sheriff Billy Sollie.

With steady flow of crime in Meridian, drug dealers being left on the streets could lead to even high rates of crime with more drug related crimes occurring, according to Sollie.

"Drug related crimes such as larceny, thefts, burglaries, car thefts, all those are going to increase with the increase in sales of narcotics and illegal drugs in our community," Sollie said."

Updated October 28, 2013
Source and full story here:
http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/Drug-Task-Force-229624341.html


HCN article/blog post time 4:20pm EST