March 28, 2008 01:47 pm
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Staff Report
State and federal law enforcement
officers netted seven people, including
some from the West Winfield area,
Wednesday for alleged involvement in
the production of methamphetamines,
troopers said Thursday night.
The operation involved state police
from Troop C and Troop D, the Oneida
County Sheriff’s Department, the state
Division of Parole, the Drug Enforcement
Agency and the Community Narcotics
Enforcement Team.
The state police Mobile Response
Team and a unit specializing in clandestine
narcotics laboratories also
participated in the roundup, which
troopers said occurred in Herkimer,
Oneida and northern Otsego counties.
Those arrested were charged under
the federal Combat Methamphetamines
Epidemic Act that became effective
April 8, 2006, troopers said.
Under that act, it is illegal to purchase
more than 9 grams of psuedoephedrine
and ephedrine in a 30-day
period. The drugs are commonly found
in cold, cough and allergy medicines
and are a primary ingredient of methamphetamine.
A standard package of Sudafed
has 1.4 grams of psuedoephedrine in
48 tablets, according to the product’s
label.
Names of those arrested have not
been released by state police.
Troopers said some of those arrested
face additional state charges of endangering
the welfare of a child, various
degrees of criminal possession of
a controlled substance and illegal
manufacture of methamphetamines.
Three homes where some of those
arrested lived contained clandestine
methamphetamine labs or components
of labs, troopers said.
The investigation is continuing and
additional charges are being compiled,
they said.
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