Any area meth addicts wondering about dwindling supply can blame United States Attorney John L. Brownlee, who announced today the successful completion of a methamphetamine conspiracy prosecution that has resulted in 24 convictions. In 2005, a wire-tap investigation was carried out by numerous enforcement agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, that targeted two sources of supply responsible for distributing multi-pound quantities of meth in the areas surrounding Waynesboro, Charlottesville and Crozet. Over a six-month period in 2006, federal agents, along with assistance from state and local agencies, made multiple arrests resulting in the seizure, and subsequent forfeiture, of more than four pounds of methamphetamine (which police estimate have a street value of $150,000), $20,901 in U.S. currency, six vehicles, several firearms and one residence, valued at $208,000.
Previous "This Just In" articles from this week:
Local food conflagration [December 20]
Dairy barn at Kathryn Russell’s Majesty Farm burns down
You’ve got a friend in Virginia [December 19]
AG thinks guns in D.C. is a wonderful idea
Starr Hill to go national [December 18]
Local brewery signs distribution deal with Anheuser-Busch
One vote for solid waste [December 18]
Four other potential voters abstained
An executioner’s song [December 18]
New Jersey abolishes death penalty
