~from the Centre Police Department

For the past two months, Centre PD has generated 138 new cases and 70 arrests have been made on these cases resulting in 122 charges; of these 122 charges 49 stemmed from Drug/Narcotic Violations, another 26 charges were Drug Equipment Violations.

27 of those charges were Controlled Substance (two Trafficking charges are included in this number) resulting in the removal of 1.47 lbs of Methamphetamine and 1 gram of Heroin from our community.   Five separate charges involved Illegal Possession of Prescription Drugs.  Eleven of those charges were the Possession and/or Trafficking of Marijuana, resulting in the apprehension of 4.66 lbs of Marijuana.  Those remaining 6 charges were directly related to drug arrests such as Public Intox, Driving Under the Influence of drugs, Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, etc.

During this time, the Centre PD has also issued 271 warnings and tickets and worked 15 wrecks. 

***And a reminder, this is only for the past 2 months and only a fraction of our cases.