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In early 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) initiated a joint investigation of a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Juarez Mexican Drug Cartel. The primary drug trafficking broker operated from a federal…
âMastermindâ behind largest meth seizure in Polk history was operating from federal prison, sheriff says By FOX 13 News staff Published Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explains the details of a $50-million multi-agency meth bust. WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A major drug bust led deputies to 120 gallons of liquid meth being transported in buckets by suspects from Georgia to Florida, overseen by a "mastermind" who ran the operation from federal prison, officials said Thursday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said "Operation Dirty Water" was the largest meth seizure in the county’s h...
Inmate ran drug trafficking ring out of Atlanta prison, detectives say By FOX 5 Digital Team Published Brian Stanton (Polk County Sheriff's Office) ATLANTA - An inmate at Atlanta's federal penitentiary is accused of being a mastermind of a drug trafficking organization with ties to Mexican drug cartels. Detectives say 37-year-old Brian Stanton, also known as "Lil B," ran the operation from his prison cell at the United States Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. According to officials, the investigation began in January when authorities intercepted a package shipped from Canada containing arou...
More than $50 million in drugs, 1,416 pounds of methamphetamine seized in Polk County investigation, officials say Several arrests have been made and more than 1,400 pounds of methamphetamine have been seized after a recent investigation known as "Operation Dirty Water," officials with the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Department of Homeland Security investigators from Tampa and Atlanta, and representatives from the Haines City Police Department and Georgia law enforcement agencies briefed the public on Thursday about the investigation of a drug traffickin...
More than $50 million worth of methamphetamine linked to a Mexican drug cartel was seized in a months-long drug operation of Florida's Polk County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to WWSB, it was the largest meth seizure in Polk County's history so far. In a statement, Polk County Sheriff's Office said six people involved in the drug trafficking operation with a Mexican drug cartel were arrested. The Polk County Sheriff's Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the HSI initiated a joint probe of a drug trafficking o...