Drug-related arrests increase

Gazette Staff

From late April through May, the combined efforts of the Quad Cities Drug Task Force, Whitman County Sheriff’s Office and local police departments resulted in 16 drug-related arrests in the county, many of them on charges of delivery of controlled substances. Of the arrests, five evolved from traffic stops and 11 resulted from task force investigation and warranted home-searches.

“The recent busts were a product of good police work and really pushing the enforcement on information we had that we could act on,” said Sheriff Brett Meyers. “Based on additional leads, we expect there...