More than $50M worth of meth linked to Mexican drug cartel seized, Polk County Sheriff s Office says
Trafficker was operating from federal prison in Georgia
Polk County Sheriff s Office
and last updated 2021-04-29 12:42:17-04
POLK COUNTY, Fla. â More than $50 million worth of methamphetamine linked to the Juarez Mexican Drug Cartel was seized during a joint drug investigation between the Polk County Sheriffâs Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Operation Dirty Water started after a parcel shipped from Quebec, Canada containing approximately 2,500 Xanax pills was intercepted by investigators on January 14.
The operation began Jan. 14, when federal agents intercepted a shipment of generic Xanax in New York, Judd said. The Department of Homeland Security Investigations coordinated with its Tampa office to arrange undercover purchases of other drugs, and the agency asked the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for help, said Kevin Sibley, special agent in charge for the Tampa office.
Federal agents seized a parcel containing about 2,500 generic Xanax pills, PCSO said. Three days after Sibley contacted Judd s office, undercover operations were set up in Polk County.
Undercover agents arranged a controlled delivery of the pills to Amber Cayson, 37, at 3237 Xerxes Ave. in Winter Haven, the PCSO said. When deputies arrested Cayson, they found 2.4 pounds of marijuana, 24 pounds of edible THC-infused products and one pound of methamphetamine, the release said.
Polk County Sheriff makes largest meth bust in county history Sheriff Grady Judd announced the largest drug bust in history (Source: WWSB) By ABC7 Staff | April 29, 2021 at 1:55 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 6:33 AM
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The Polk County Sheriffâs Office had a huge win with the largest meth seizure in county history. According to Sheriff Grady Judd, the mastermind of the operation was running the drug ring from inside prison.
In early 2021, the Polk County Sheriffâs Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations initiated a joint investigation of a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Juarez Mexican Drug Cartel. The primary drug trafficking broker, said officials, operated from a federal prison in Georgia.
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