Congratulations to PCSO's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (H.I.D.T.A.) for spearheading disruption of trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine into the county during two recent special operations resulting in key arrests along with seizures of dangerous drugs and weapons. Operation Bloodline and Operation Flatline resulted in the arrests of 51 suspects and seizure of 78lbs. of methamphetamine, 14.55 pounds of fentanyl, 13 firearms, and $20,000 in U.S. currency.
PCSO teamed up with State Prosecutors, FDLE, and other agencies to investigate a local Florida gang leaders and his counterparts in a drug trafficking organization operating in neighboring counties including Polk, Hillsborough, Osceola, Orange, Volusia, and Pasco. Using resources from the State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (SAFE) grant, undercover detectives were able to participate in transactions in which they intercepted a delivery of ten pounds of methamphetamine and also identified a methamphetamine supply-line chain that ran from California to Polk County.
Sheriff Grady Judd had this to say in a February 13th statement: "Traffickers of methamphetamine and fentanyl are literally murdering people and tearing apart families. The men and women who go after these drug dealers are doing a noble, but dangerous job - putting their own lives on the line, to protect their communities from the drug-traffickers who are profiting from this destruction."
In the same statement, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier commended participating law enforcement agencies saying, "This was a highly organized, fentanyl-pushing enterprise operating in Central Florida that had ties all the way to California. We will continue dismantling these organizations from the top down. Anyone who traffics these poisons in Florida will be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent."
More from the Sheriff's Office February 13 media release: https://www.polksheriff.org/news-investigations/polk-county-news/2026/02/13/pcso-s-operation-bloodline-and-operation-flatline-multi-agency-investigation-disrupts-fentanyl-and-methamphetamine-drug-trafficking-organizations
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