DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – “This is one of the largest efforts we’ve had in my 22 years with the Door County Sheriff’s Office, in terms of the number of drugs taken in and the number of people arrested.”
Door County’s Chief Deputy Sheriff Pat McCarty describes the 21 drug arrests that the Door/Kewaunee Drug Task Force has made since Monday.
The busts were the result of an eight month investigation and included the execution of three search warrants as well as multiple traffic stops.
The task force that made those busts is comprised of the Door and Kewaunee county sheriff’s offices and four municipal police departments within those counties.
Since many drug crimes cross jurisdictional boundaries, McCarty says the two sheriff’s offices felt it was best to pool their resources when the task force was established in the early 1990’s.
In this most recent bust, McCarty says the task force was aided by their federal partners in the Drug Enforcement Administration, who helped with surveillance operations and controlled buys.
McCarty says the investigation is ongoing and expects more arrests in the coming weeks.
