-from dailycitizen.com-

By Nick Schneider

Aided by information received from the anonymous Greene County Crime Stoppers telephone tip line and other local intelligence sources, officers from the South Central Narcotics Strike Force conducted coordinated raids Thursday that turned up quantities of methamphetamine, marijuana and several weapons.

Criminal charges are pending and warrants will be issued as the investigations continue, according to Greene County Prosecutor’s office investigator Julie Martin, who participated in the raid.

Further details of the investigation or suspects were not released - pending the issuance of arrest warrants in the case.

South Central Narcotics Strike Force (SCNSF) members from the Linton Police Department, Greene County Prosecutor’s Office and the Indiana State Police participated in a proactive narcotics investigation relating to illegal drug activity in Greene County.

“Investigations were conducted on individuals that were under court supervision, information that originated from Crime Stopper Tips, and other intelligence sources. As a result of this information, approximately one ounce of methamphetamine, a pound of marijuana and several weapons were confiscated,” Martin said.

The South Central Narcotics Strike Force is funded in part through an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance and administered in Indiana by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. JAG funding allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and conditions.
Martin said that information provided by Crime Stoppers remains an important and effective part in local investigations of illegal drug activity.

“Crime Stopper tips from the general public have proven to be an invaluable tool in law enforcement’s war on drugs,” she said.

Anyone with any information regarding drug activity is asked to call Crime Stopper’s at 847-5463 or the Indiana State Police Hotline at 1-800-453-4756.