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‘Operation Dry Spring’ Yields Arrests, Drug Seizures
April 13, 2013
The Florida Sheriffs Task Force, in conjunction with the Florida Sheriffs Association, has concluded a five week operation aimed at protecting youth in Florida. Operation Dry Spring focused on preventing underage youth from purchasing and using alcohol, tobacco and various forms of synthetic and illegal drugs. The operation, conducted from March 4 through April 7, resulted in 5,016 arrests across 37 counties.
The operation targeted underage youth in possession of alcohol, tobacco or synthetic drugs as well as businesses selling these substances to underage youth.
In Escambia County, 9,300 grams of synthetic narcotics were seized. Ten people under the age of 21 were arrested for alcohol possession, one person was arrested for synthetic drug sales and about 170 grams of marijuana were seized.
Operation Dry Spring was a remarkable success getting dangerous drugs off the streets, with 18,588 grams of various illegal narcotics seized by Sheriffs’ offices,” said Polk County Sheriff and Task Force Chair Grady Judd. “FSA is proud of the great work of the Florida Sheriffs Task Force to make this state safer for our youth.”
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4 Responses to “‘Operation Dry Spring’ Yields Arrests, Drug Seizures”
“Ten people under the age of 21 were arrested for alcohol possession, one person was arrested for synthetic drug sales and about 170 grams of marijuana were seized.”
Only 10 arrests in five weeks from the largest county population wise in the panhandle sounds like little or no actual effort was put into this by the Escambia Sheriff’s Office.
Hmmm some praise here FSA! I am not trying to be a negative citizen here. That is a good string of arrests. So they caught a bunch of underage users. What about the suppliers. W
Good job LEOS!
GOOD