Multi-agency Investigation Results in Several
Indictments of Heroin Dealers
The Annapolis Police Department, in close partnership
with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and assisted by Anne Arundel County
Police Department and the Maryland State Police, conducted a long term
investigation resulting in the indictments of nine Annapolis heroin dealers. This
multi-agency drug initiative involved undercover police officers making
controlled purchases from drug dealers spanning more than seven months.
In response to an increase in heroin overdoses,
detectives from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit contacted
the Annapolis Police Department in October 2013. Through their investigations, DEU detectives
learned that drug users from Calvert County were buying heroin in Annapolis,
prompting them to contact the Annapolis Police Department Drug Enforcement
Unit.
The Annapolis Police Department’s Drug Enforcement
Unit identified two groups responsible for the majority of heroin distributed
in Annapolis . The initiative involved Annapolis detectives working hand in hand
with Calvert County Sheriff’s detectives to make over 50 controlled buys of
heroin, with over 100 grams of heroin seized.
The indictments, resulting from these buys, will shut down these illegal
drug trafficking groups in Annapolis .
Early this morning the Annapolis
Police Department and the Anne Arundel County Police Department began the
process of arresting those indicted. Various
search warrants have been served. Arrests
have been made and more will follow in the next few days
Sheriff Evans recognizes that the increase of heroin
use is one of the biggest challenges facing our community. There have been
seven fatal heroin overdoses so far this year in Calvert County. Many of the
crimes that occur in Calvert County, including thefts and burglaries are
directly related to this epidemic. This multi-agency investigation is an
excellent example of Sheriff Evans’ commitment to take decisive action to
disrupt the sale and use of heroin impacting the citizens of Calvert County.
“I will continue to keep our citizens safe from the drugs
that have plagued our County, State and Country. I do not care how far that I
have to reach or how much effort it will take. We will fight against having
drugs, fight for our children and fight for each person in Calvert County.”
Sheriff Mike Evans.
