US Attorney Issues Statement on Huge Nebraska Drug Round-Up

United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Deborah R. Gilg, announced today that she will host a press conference, along with several other law enforcement officials, to announce the arrests of several individuals involved in a Methamphetamine conspiracy investigation in Central and Western Nebraska, and Northeastern Colorado.

The joint operation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, included investigators from the Cooperative Operation for Drug Enforcement (CODE) Drug Task Force, Western Nebraska Intelligence & Narcotics Group (WING), and the Central Nebraska Drug and Safe Streets Task Force (CNDSSTF), and Colorado law enforcement authorities.

This year-long operation resulted in the federal indictment of sixty-three individuals for Distribution of Controlled Substance, Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

“This is an incredible effort involving nearly thirty law enforcement agencies”, said U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg, “The coordination and cooperation in this investigation is a tremendous tribute to the selfless dedication we see time and time again with our law enforcement agencies.” “Two years ago we were gathered in North Platte to honor many of these same law enforcement officers who were being recognized with an award from the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). That HIDTA award, from a case which began in 2012, ironically spun off into this drug conspiracy involving this operation.”

Nebraska Law Enforcement Agencies involved in the operation/investigation

Alliance Police Department
Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office
Central City Police Department
Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office
Cozad Police Department
Dawson County Sheriff’s Office
Deuel County Sheriff’s Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gering Police Department
Grand Island Police Department
Hall County Sheriff’s Office
Homeland Security Investigations
Kearney Police Department
Lexington Police Department
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Nebraska State Patrol
North Platte Police Department
Ogallala Police Department
Perkins County Sheriff’s Office
Red Willow County Sheriff’s Office
Scottsbluff Police Department
Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office
Sidney Police Department
The United States Marshal’s Service
Webster County Sheriff’s Office

Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies involved in the operation/investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation – (Denver Office)
Holyoke, Colorado Police Department
Sedgwick County, Colorado Sheriff’s Office
United States Attorney’s Office District of Colorado

The US Attorney’s Office will hold a Press Conference in North Platte on Friday. Check back for more information.