Drug tasks force staying busy

A drug task force in the Lake Area releases their quarterly numbers for drugs seized by their officers. The Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group focuses their efforts on drug enforcement by conducting both covert and overt narcotics investigations. From July 1 to September 30, officers seized more than six thousand grams of marijuana and 538 grams of meth. 205 units of prescriptions drugs and 100 grams of pseudoephedrine along with amounts of six other kinds of drugs were seized. LANEG also seized four guns, disassembled 23 meth labs, served 28 search warrants, and made 78 arrests. The Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group serves Camden, Crawford, Gasconade, Laclede, Maries, Osage, and Pulaski Counties.