Drug Bust
It’s a challenge for Thurmont, Md., police to do undercover work. “We live in a small, tight-knit community where people know one another,” said Chief Greg Eyler. But as complaints were coming in claiming a Burger King was being used to sell drugs, Eyler’s department was bringing a new officer on board: they had Nicole Fair apply to work at the Burger King. The operation ran two months and produced a couple of morphine pills and a whopping five grams of pot. Two suspects were charged with drug distribution, but the chief said there wasn’t enough evidence to search their homes or the burger joint for more drugs. (AC/Frederick News-Post) ...Is there enough evidence to search for better ways to spend police officers’ time?Original Publication Date: 23 October 2016
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
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