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Show I .' ', - : N- i "V ! i H ; k . ..' t I j v ' -; i " ' : ;. H ' V ' . 4'; ' i i X, v I '- J - (. J - 1 V r . -a' ' ' - - r ' i i . ''-i, - ' "V" i :. H ' w ; -...' '-s . ' ssv'f. : ......4 I : ; " i . . - . ' . f t k " ' .'... .. .... . .... Sgt. Steve Frampton and Det. Bert Bean of the Pleasant Grove Police Department look over some of the marijuana and drugs confiscated Thursday night during a search of a Pleasant Grove home. Police confiscate stash of marijuana and drugs Wilson,' Jeff Wilson, Jay Thornton"' and Tom Prestwich. Lt. Paul said the arrests will have an immediate impact on the drug traffic in Pleasant Grove for the juvenile age group. He said that several juveniles have been arrested for buying drugs supposedly out of this home over a period of some time. -. Pleasant Grove Police Officers with a search warrant entered a Pleasant Grove home Thursday evening and confiscated between $5,000 and $6,000 worth of marijuana andpharmaceutical'drugs. U. Tom Paul reported that on Thursday afternoon they arrested two 15-year-old boys and the information in-formation they gained from the youths was enough for the officers to put together a search warrant for a house in Pleasant Grove. He said the police department had suspected for some time that the I occupants of the home were dealing in selling marijuana to juveniles. During the search the officers confiscated six and one-half pounds j of marijuana, numerous bottles of . Pharmaceutical drugs and a large ; quantity of drug paraphernalia . The officers arrested one male adult and will be charging him under the new marijuana law with felony possession of marijuana and a second degree felony of distribution of marijuana. Lt. Paul said the man was being held in the Utah. County Jail. The two juveniles Were arrested for possession of marijuana. Lt. Paul said this marks the arrest of an individual who they had been interested in for sometime, par-, par-, ticularly this past week. He said the man is suspected of dealing in drugs to a lot of high school and junior high school age kids. He noted that the search began at about 8:30 p.m. The juveniles had been at about 5:30 p.m. Lt. Paul said the street value of the confiscated items would amount to between $5,000 and $6,000. Officers involved, in addition to Lt. Paul, were Chief Mike Ferre, Sgt. Steve Frampton, Sgt. Mike Blackhurst, Det. Bert Bean, Lonnie |