Casper Police: DEA funded drug operation seizes 520.82 grams of marijuana, 66.7 grams of meth and more By Brendan LaChance on April 7, 2021
File Photo; Trevor T. Trujillo, Oil City News
CASPER, Wyo. The Casper Police Department said on Wednesday , April 7 that a “drug interdiction operation” with funding support from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program was carried out in the Casper area last week.
During the March 29-30 operation, various law enforcement agencies made a total of 389 traffic stops. The operations result in:
23 total arrests
600 mg THC edibles
66.7 grams of methamphetamine
269 warnings
Casper PD said they were asked to participate in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program in 2019. They were unable to participate in 2020 due to COVID-19 and the March 29-30, 2021 operation was the first of the year.
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CONCORD Frailin Manuel Gomez-Gil, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on Friday for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, Acing United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Gomez-Gil participated in a drug trafficking organization that was led by Sergio Martinez. Martinez, who is now serving a 45-year prison sentence, employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. Gomez-Gil assisted Martinez with testing, diluting, and packaging the drugs for sale.
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U.S. Attorney s Office for the District of Northern West Virginia issued the following announcement on Feb. 10.
U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, of the Northern District of West Virginia, has announced his resignation effective midnight on February 28, 2021.
Powell, a graduate of Salem College and West Virginia University College of Law, had previously served as the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Jefferson County, West Virginia. He has also held positions as a Member of Jackson Kelly, PLLC, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
“It has been my great professional honor to work with the dedicated men and women in the Northern District of West Virginia. It was that dedication along with their hard work that the districts’ successes were possible. I believe this district serves as an example of consistency, fairness and effectiveness. I always did my best to serve justice