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Monday, October 26, 2015

‘Operation You’re Next’ aims to round up Brunswick County heroin dealers

Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram has sent a clear message to heroin dealers in the area: “You’re next.”

The law enforcement agency’s latest operation of the same name is aiming to take down those who distribute the highly addictive, often fatal drug in an effort to tackle what Ingram describes as a regional epidemic.

During a press conference Friday, Ingram displayed the photos of 12 such alleged dealers who have already been charged. Another seven, he said, have warrants for their arrests. In all, he said the sheriff’s office is targeting 80 residents who have already been investigated and identified as dealers.

“If you are involved in dealing heroin in this county, you are next to be arrested and held accountable,” Ingram said. “With dealers, we’re locking every single one of them up, without question.”

Assistant District Attorney Chris Thomas said those convicted of trafficking will receive the minimum prison sentence for the crime–ranging from 70 to 290 months, depending on the amount of heroin they possess–regardless of past criminal records.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't worry Obummer will let them out after just a year or two.

Anonymous said...

It's a non violent crime, or so they say. They'll be let out in no time flat.

Anonymous said...

Are the cops considering all opiates today--heroin?
There are so many Big Pharma producers is it their stuff what we read about sometimes? do they get their opiates from the same fields ? somebody carries this stuff right past DHS.