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News Release [printer friendly page] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16 , 2005 Contact: DEA Public Affairs Number: 202-307-7977 or 305-994-4837 Statement of James M. Kasson, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Philadelphia Field Division, regarding the indictment charging sixteen residents of Bradford County, PA with felony methamphetamine trafficking offenses
Members of this organization sold weapons in exchange for methamphetamine, including handguns and assault rifles. Additionally, these members provided methamphetamine to their children and even injured a police officer during a traffic stop. This organization operated These arrests should send a clear message to those who manufacture and distribute methamphetamine in our community, causing fear among our citizens and reaping profits from its sale. These outstanding law enforcement efforts have ended this wide-ranging conspiracy, which will no longer threaten Bradford County with this extremely addictive and hazardous drug.
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