SCOTT COUNTY ROUNDUP

Sep 25, 2009

SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE TARGETED 56 PEOPLE IN A LARGESCALE DRUG ROUNDUP AFTER A GRAND JURY HANDED DOWN 272 INDICTMENTS EARLIER THIS WEEK. SHERIFF JOHN PUCKETT SAID THE OPERATION WAS THE LATEST ATTEMPT BY HIS OFFICERS TO FIGHT THE GROWING DRUG PROBLEM IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. 11 OF THE CHARGES INVOLVE CHILD ABUSE RELATED TO DRUG USE WHILE THE OTHER CHARGES FOCUS ON DRUG VIOLATIONS RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS, COCAINE AND MARIJUANA.