(KUTV) The Drug Enforcement Administration said it was hidden in soles of shoes, pop-up car cup holders—but now, 31 pounds of heroin linked to a Mexican drug cartel are no longer headed to feed Utah addictions.
« This is a big deal, » said Nicki Hollmann, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Utah. « There are significant supplies of heroin coming into Utah than were coming in a decade ago. »
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal drug agents have seized 31 pounds of heroin and more than 21 suspects have been arrested in a series of drug busts across the Salt Lake Valley.
The busts have put a dent in the drug trade and importation of heroin in Utah, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said at a Thursday news conference.
“There are significant drug trafficking organizations operating from Mexico and our southern borders and supplying Utah with significant amounts of heroin,” said Nicki Hollmann, the assistant special agent-in-charge of the DEA.
The busts were carried out across the valley from February until now with a majority of the arrests being made in April.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said charges for those arrested ranged from drug distribution to racketeering.
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