The Polk County Sheriff's Office has arrested multiple suspects following a lengthy investigation of illegal drug trafficking. Sheriff Grady Judd said 32 suspects were arrested during "Operation Capital City Crackdown" as the drug trafficking organization was based out of Bartow, Florida. A 65-year-old woman was killed by drugs sold by one of the suspects.
In last week's press conference on August 22, Sheriff Judd wore a thick gold chain he referred to as "gold drip" around his neck that belonged to one of the suspects leading the ring and waved around a gun to make a point about the dangers of drug trafficking. The Sheriff explained, "People continue to tell you that drugs are low-level and non-violent. They are anything but low-level and non-violent. Where you see $50,000 in drip, where you see that not so dangerous drug of cannabis, you see guns...and you see first-degree murder from overdose. I am over it. I am over it when people tell you these drugs are low-level and non-violent."
Judd said that a total of 8 search warrants were served countywide. Thousands of grams of various illegal drugs were seized with a total street value of $150,000.
As part of the collaborative Operation Capital City Crackdown investigation, detectives from the Polk County Sheriff's Office Organized Crime Unit and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force worked alongside the State Attorney's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, United States Postal Inspection Service, the Medical Examiner's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bartow Police Department, and the Auburndale Police Department.
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