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Show Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force takes $171,063 in drugs every city may not appear to be high, it does not mean that a drug problem does not exist in that community. People don't stay in the same cities to party. They move around throughout Davis County." Nance added that illegal drug ni . sales and abuse occur countywide and know no boundaries. "The mission is accomplished by the use of undercover operations and conventional investigations Nance said. m s DAVIS METRO NARCOTICS DRUGS SEIZED 1991 $$88 Midi street v;ilueof all seized drui:s $171 06 00 3 SO K?99 $ I S5S.9I7.00 lii ill r,rnnn S6.420.00 S116" K&fl S"5Q0Q fvw 30000 K888 S50,QQ COCAINE MARIJUANA ' LSD OTHER CRACK HEROIN METH MORPHINE By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor BOUNTIFUL The Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force seized $171,063 in total street value of illegal il-legal drugs during 1991 in Davis County. Strike Force officer Dave Nance reported the results of his unit's efforts to the Bountiful City Council Coun-cil recently during the annual presentation pre-sentation from the Police Department. Depart-ment. He is one of six active officers offi-cers on the Strike Force. Seized cocaine was at the top of the list with $101,580 in street value, with marijuana collected in second with $58,917. Confiscated LSD was worth $3,430, $300 in meth, $250 in heroin, $116 in crack and $50 in morphine. Some $6,420 of the seized drugs was made up of other combinations. "LSD use is on the increase in Davis County in the junior high and high school levels," Nance said. ' We are also finding more weapons on suspects. They are not worried about the police, but of other drug pushers and dealers ripping ripp-ing them off." The Strike Force seized 106 vehicles during 1991, along with 44 weapons and $1,660 in other property. prop-erty. "A lot of the population is still using marijuana in Davis County and many grow it at home," Nance said. "Home grown marijuana has been confiscated in Bountiful, Clinton Clin-ton and Layton. A farmer in Clinton had been growing it in his cornfield for several years. ' ' Of drugs seized in Davis County, 72.2 percent was marijuana with cocaine being the next highest with only 12 percent of the total. LSD hits was third with 8.1 percent "LSD use has really been one of the main concerns in 1991. It seemed seem-ed to be unpopular among school age kids until this year. It was popular in the 1970s and is now beginning to resurface in its use and popularity," Nance said. During 1991 the Strike Force investigated in-vestigated 502 cases with 611 suspects in Davis County. The total arrested on drug charges was 308 in the 1 2-month period The Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force has been in operation for six years. For the last half of 1991 the Strike Force was able to operate with a full staff of six narcotic nar-cotic agents. Regardless of the small number of staff in relation to the large population in Davis County, Coun-ty, there is always plenty of narcotics nar-cotics and drug cases to be investigated. in-vestigated. This is indicated in the graphs and statistics for 1991. During the six years in 1991 there were 308 arrests, the highest number of suspects put behind bars. In 1990 there were 248 arrested, 294 in 1989, 154 in 1988, 107 in 1987 and 107 in 1986. Cases reached the high point in 1989 with 637, there were 502 in 1991, 518 in 1990, with 469 in 1988, 425 in 1987, and 402 in 1986. Suspects were at an all-time high in 1990 with 702, 611 in 1991, 681 in 1989, 403 in 1988, 407 in 1987 and 352 in 1986. Early in 1989 the number of agents was increased from three to six in 1990, because of manpower problems, the number of agents averaged about five. Layton had the highest case distribution during 1991 with 27.2 percent. Bountiful was second with 19 percent, Clearfield next with 14.1 percent. Other figures are: Sunset with 7.8 percent, Woods Cross with 7.4 percent, Farmington with 6.7 percent, Kaysville with 5.8 percent, Centerville with 3.1 percent, per-cent, North Salt Lake at 2.9 percent, Clinton and West Bountiful at 2.2 percent, Syracuse at .7 percent, Fruit Heights and West Point at .4 percent. "The case distribution is somewhat misleading, " Nance said. "The number of cases in |
