News conference: Drug trafficking organizations busted (January 09, 2024)

Sheriff Grady Judd discusses multi-agency investigations of two central Florida-based drug trafficking organizations in December and January; Multi kilos of fentanyl and cocaine were seized and 11 people were arrested.

Those involved in the investigations are: Polk County Sheriff's Office, Central Florida HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Task Force, Winter Haven Police Department, 10th Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office (Brian Haas, State Attorney), Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Florida Attorney General's Office (Attorney General Ashley Moody), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida (Roger B. Handberg), Department of Justice. Representatives of the above organizations will be at the new conference.

The investigations were conducted with the assistance of the State Financial Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (S.A.F.E) Florida Program managed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Click here to read the news release: http://tinyurl.com/yuxdhfv2