Arrests Made After Year Long Drug Investigation

11 INDIVIDUALS WERE INDICTED ON MONDAY BY A GRAND JURY IN MAURY COUNTY FOR VARIOUS CRIMES INCLUDING CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL, DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL, AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY, AND FELONY TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. ON TUESDAY THE DEA NASHVILLE TACTICAL DIVERSION SQUAD, TBI, COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND 22ND JUDICAL DISTRICT DRUG TASK FORCE, ASSISTED BY MEMBERS OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, MAURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, HICKMAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AND SPRING HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATED AND ARRESTED 7 OF THE 11 SUBJECTS.  THE ARRESTS COME AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF LONG DRUG INVESTIGATION TARGETING A COUNTERFEIT OXYCODONE PILLS DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO) RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF WHAT WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE FENTANYL-LACED PILLS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, INVESTIGATORS CONDUCTED MULTIPLE UNDERCOVER BUYS OF FENTANYL-LACED PILLS FROM MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.  DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, AGENTS DEVELOPED INFORMATION WHICH IDENTIFIED THE SOURCES OF THE PILLS RECOVERED DURING THE SALES LEADING TO THE EXECUTION OF SIX RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS. DURING THESE WARRANTS, AGENTS SEIZED A LARGE QUANTITY OF FENTANYL-LACED PILLS, 7 GUNS (INCLUDING TWO SHOTGUNS, AN AR-15 RIFLE, MULTIPLE EXTENDED MAGAZINES, AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF AMMUNITION), AND OVER $30,000 OF CASH. 

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