Drug flow through region remains high
While there have been no major drug busts locally in recent weeks or months, the volume of illegal — and potentially deadly — drugs moving through the region remains significant.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently released an update on narcotics seized so far this year across its Omaha Field Division, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Over a 30-day period, agents in the five-state region report they removed more than 2 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl in both powder form and counterfeit pills.
“We may live several hundred miles from the Southern border, but the fentanyl found in our Midwestern communities is directly connected to cartels operating in Mexico,” DEA Omaha Field Division Special Agent Dustin Gillespie said in a release.
“The agents in our five-state region are committed to hitting back at the cartels and removing the poisons they peddle in our communities.”
In just one 30-day span, investigators say they seized approximately 715 pounds of methamphetamine, along with an additional 2,234 methamphetamine pills. Agents report removing more than 230 pounds of cocaine, 880 pounds of illicit marijuana and 67 firearms, resulting in 115 arrests.
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