Methamphetamine also known as crystal meth
A big drug investigation out of our Bay area has resulted in millions of dollars of illegal drugs being confiscated.
Our friends at 10 Tampa Bay covered the story. You can find out more here.
Sheriff Grady Judd held a press conference on Friday and described what he said was “the single largest seizure of drugs and arrests made in the history of Polk County during an undercover wiretap investigation.”
He said the investigation started almost two years ago. Detectives uncovered a drug trafficking ring from Mexico to California to Florida.
“We’re dealing with an international smuggling ring that operated out of Winter Haven, Florida,” Judd said. The criminals were transporting drugs in their checked bags on flights from LA to Tampa.
“They didn’t so much as throw a pair of underwear in the suitcase to act like they were hiding the drugs,” Judd said.
The confiscated drugs had a total street value of 12.8 million dollars.
“I am sick and tired of this national media and these national groups telling us that drugs are low-level and non-violent,” said Judd. “I’m so very proud of our detectives and the agents and law enforcement officers who partnered with us to get these dangerous drugs and felons off the street.”
We love how the Sherrif is so clear and straightforward in his communication.
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Which Florida City Made The List With Highest Murder Rates In U.S.
There’s lots to love about the Sunshine State, but we’re also notorious for the craziest crimes. One Florida city even ranked in the top 15 for highest murder rates in America. It’s not really a list we love to see Florida on, but we can’t say we’re not surprised with all the insane stuff that happens here.
Our friends at neighboorhoodscout.com ranked the top 30 cities in the country with the highest murder rates per 1,000 residents. They condensed their research by including cities with 25,000 or more people. They collected their data by the number of murders reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and the population of each city. The city population data comes straight from the US Bureau of the Census at the time of each analysis. For instance, the 2022 list population uses 2020 population figures. The 2021 list uses 2019 figures, and so forth.
There were 14 new cities making the list this year. “The newcomer on this list with the highest murder rate is Saginaw, MI. The number of murders in Saginaw more than doubled from the previous year.” Thankfully (and surprisingly) only one Florida city was ranked in the research.
Here’s the top 15 cities with the highest murder rate. Click here to see the full list.
