Drugs, guns, cash seized
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Bartow Police Chief Joe Hall takes questions from the media at a news conference Friday morning.
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Thirty of 39 suspects in a drug investigation in Bartow have been arrested. Their mugs were on display at a press conference Friday. Warrants are out for nine others.
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Photos of two of the Bartow neighborhoods in which drug trafficking has taken place were displayed at a press conference Friday morning. One was near a playground, the other across the street from a day care center.
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Several weapons were seized, along with drugs and money, in a joint Bartow Police Department-Polk County Sheriff's Offfice investigation.
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A joint investigation between Bartow Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of 30 people on drug charges early Thursday morning, June 28. According to Sheriff Grady Judd, testimony from those arrested in “Operation City Sweep” added an additional nine people who are still being sought.
Neighborhoods in Bartow that were identified as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) had been under surveillance since August 2011. The investigation netted not only drugs, but stolen weapons, including a shotgun, and thousands of dollars in cash. Those arrested all had extensive records, said Judd.
