TRAIL RIGHT NOW AND WHO IS NOT. DEVELOPING NOW, DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL AFTER A MASSIVE DRUG BUST IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES TOOK DOWN A DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN A MILLION DOSES OF FENTANYL. WESH 2’S ANIKA HOPE SHARES WHAT ELSE THE INVESTIGATORS SAY TRAFFICKERS WERE SELLING AND HOW DEPUTIES TOOK IT DOWN. WE’RE GOING TO MOVE OVER HERE MOVING. THIS IS WHAT MULTIPLE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE FIVE MONTH INVESTIGATION KNOWN AS OPERATION DAILY DOSE HAD BEEN WORKING TOWARD ARREST. THE ARREST OF THE ACCUSED DRUG TRAFFICKING LEADER DREW DALY AND AT LEAST 20 OTHERS WHO LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY WERE CONNECTED TO FENTANYL TRAFFICKING. SO THROUGH OUR HEADS UP HE GOES. THE PLAYER OFF GUARD TOWARD THE INVESTIGATION WAS SO MASSIVE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT, NOT ONLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY, BUT PORT ORANGE NEW SMYRNA BEACH, EDGEWATER AND HOLLY HILL PITCHED IN THESE DRUG TRAFFIC HOURS, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTING KILO AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL IN VALENCIA AND LAKE COUNTY ON A MONTHLY BASIS. WE SEIZED 2300 GRAMS OF FENTANYL MATHEMATICALLY, THAT EQUATES TO OVER 1.5 MILLION DOSES THAT HIT THE STREETS OF OUR COMMUNITY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ALSO FOUND HEROIN METH, MDMA, OPIOID PILLS, COCAINE AND OVER $100,000 DROPPING OUT ON THE GROUND HERE. BUT. YEAH, IT’S SEVERAL BAGS OF WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE, A PILL BOTTLE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED WAS DURING THE SEARCH WARRANTS PIECE PVC PIPING WHERE THEY STORE THEIR DRUGS INSIDE. AND THEN HE BURIED IT. THEY WOULD HIDE THE GUNS AND THE DRUGS IN TREES OUT BACK. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THEY’RE STILL LOOKING FOR, SEVERAL PEOPLE INVOLVED, BUT THEY WERE STILL MAKING ARRESTS JUST HOURS
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Volusia County sheriff announces major fentanyl trafficking drug bust
Dozens of people are now in jail after a massive drug bust in Central Florida.Law enforcement officials in Volusia and Lake counties say they took down a drug trafficking organization responsible for more than a million doses of fentanyl.This is what law the multiple agencies involved in the five-month investigation known as Operation Daly Dose, had been working toward arrests.The arrests of the accused drug trafficking leader Drew Daly and at least 20 others who law enforcement says were connected to fentanyl trafficking.Chitwood says there were more than 40 arrests in all.The investigation was so massive that not only law enforcement in Volusia County but also Lake County, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Ormond Beach, South Daytona, Holly Hill, and Port Orange pitched in."These drug traffickers were responsible for distributing kilo amounts of fentanyl in Volusia and Lake County on a monthly basis," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. "We seized 2,300 grams of fentanyl. Mathematically, that equates to over 1.5 million doses that hit the streets of our community."Investigators say they also found heroin, meth, MDMA, Opioid pills, cocaine, and over a hundred thousand dollars."Some of the things that we discovered during the search warrants were pieces of PVC piping where they store their drugs inside, and then they buried it," Chitwood said."They would hide the guns and the drugs in trees out back," Chitwood said.Law enforcement says they're still looking for several people involved, but they were still making arrests just hours before they spoke Tuesday morning.Law enforcement says the ring is also connected to a series of organized thefts at Walmart stores, where one of the defendants is accused of posing as an employee to steal 75-inch TVs and trade them for narcotics.Top headlines: WATCH: Bodycam video shows Orlando officer drive off after deputy pulls him over for speeding Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie’s cause of death revealed Wild video shows 10-foot crocodile pulled from homeowner's pool in Florida
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —
Dozens of people are now in jail after a massive drug bust in Central Florida.
Law enforcement officials in Volusia and Lake counties say they took down a drug trafficking organization responsible for more than a million doses of fentanyl.
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This is what law the multiple agencies involved in the five-month investigation known as Operation Daly Dose, had been working toward arrests.
The arrests of the accused drug trafficking leader Drew Daly and at least 20 others who law enforcement says were connected to fentanyl trafficking.
Chitwood says there were more than 40 arrests in all.
The investigation was so massive that not only law enforcement in Volusia County but also Lake County, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Ormond Beach, South Daytona, Holly Hill, and Port Orange pitched in.
"These drug traffickers were responsible for distributing kilo amounts of fentanyl in Volusia and Lake County on a monthly basis," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. "We seized 2,300 grams of fentanyl. Mathematically, that equates to over 1.5 million doses that hit the streets of our community."
Investigators say they also found heroin, meth, MDMA, Opioid pills, cocaine, and over a hundred thousand dollars.
"Some of the things that we discovered during the search warrants were pieces of PVC piping where they store their drugs inside, and then they buried it," Chitwood said.
"They would hide the guns and the drugs in trees out back," Chitwood said.
Law enforcement says they're still looking for several people involved, but they were still making arrests just hours before they spoke Tuesday morning.
Law enforcement says the ring is also connected to a series of organized thefts at Walmart stores, where one of the defendants is accused of posing as an employee to steal 75-inch TVs and trade them for narcotics.
Top headlines:
- WATCH: Bodycam video shows Orlando officer drive off after deputy pulls him over for speeding
- Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie’s cause of death revealed
- Wild video shows 10-foot crocodile pulled from homeowner's pool in Florida
