It's an uphill battle, but the Emery/Grand Task Force is up for the task.
“It’s free flowing, it’s crazy to see what’s coming in to the community and passing through the community and we’re only catching a fraction of what’s coming through,” said Grand County Sheriff Jamison Wiggins. “Talking to users; they’re hoping they’re getting meth but their meth is being laced with fentanyl, watching our overdoses go through the roof; all of our guys carry Narcan with them now.”
In partnership with the Emery County Sheriff's Office, the Grand County Sheriff's Office has put more time and resources into drug interdiction on major drug trafficking routes such as I-70.“The majority of them are headed to Denver. They’re obviously distributed from there,” Wiggins said.
In 2023, the Grand County Sheriff's Office led Utah in the confiscation of methamphetamine. In more than 20 significant drug busts in 2023, Sheriff’s Office deputies seized 924 pounds of meth, 104 pounds of cocaine, 97 pounds of fentanyl, 665 pounds of marijuana and 8 gallons of PCP. “Tons of interdiction, massive loads of drugs, cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, fentanyl pills, you name it,” said Dustin Gillespie, assistant special agent in charge with the DEA Salt Lake City field office. “There is a lot of success that I think Grand County and the other state and local law enforcement agencies have had there policing interstate 70 eastbound and westbound.”
Drug Interdiction Methamphetamine Fentanyl Narcan I-70 Emery/Grand Task Force Cocaine
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