“Major Drug Operation” closed in Lenoir City, six for crimes, says there

Lenoir City, Tenn. (Wvlt) – Attorney General Russell Johnson said that the authorities in Lenoir City closed a “great drug operation” that led to six people.

According to Johnson, a joint effort between the 9th Task Force of the 9th Judicial Drug Task Force, the Swat team from Loudon County Sheriff's Office and Swat Swat Shat Sheriff in Blount County went.

There Johnson said that officials have made great drug surgery that had been a “center of criminal activities” for several years, which included frequent calls to prosecution, frequent drug use and a “presumed port for stolen property and criminals searched”.

In the apartment Johnson said the authorities found the following:

Over 100 grams of methamphetamine

• 20 firearms (one of them was stolen)
• Fentanyl
• cocaine
• Oxycodon
• Psychedelic mushrooms
• marijuana
• Various prescription pills

In addition, the following six people were charged with drug accusations and other firearms:

• Michael Brown
• Jennifer Helton
• David Queener
• Cheryl Stockton
• Michael Nalls
• David Hensley

“This operation is a great victory for the community that suffered from this criminal activity from the continued decline of the region,” said Brendan Deboer, deputy director of Drug Task Force.

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