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DRUG ARRESTS IN PARK FALLS AND TOWNS OF FIFIELD AND LAKE


On Friday, February 18, 2022, many residents saw a high police presence in the area.  Specifically, there were reports of a number of police cars in downtown Park Falls.  The Price County Sheriff's Office executed three search warrants that day due to a long-term investigation into the manufacturing of methamphetamine.  Those warrants were issued in the Towns of Lake and Fifield and in the City of Park Falls.

Five people have been arrested and booked into the Price County Jail as a result of the investigation.  The offenses include conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, possessing material for manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of waste from manufacturing methamphetamine, keeping a drug trafficking house, delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine drug paraphernalia, purchase of more then 7.5 grams of pseudoephedrine in 30 days, purchase pseudoephedrine products on behalf of another, possession of THC, possession of controlled substances, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

There are three other people who will have criminal charges referred to the Price County District Attorney's Offices due to this investigation.

Additional arrests and criminal referrals are expected as the investigation is ongoing.

The Price County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Price County K9 Unit, Price County District Attorney's Office, Phillips Police Department, Park Falls Police Department, Wisconsin Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigators, Wisconsin Department of Justice CLEAR Team, Oneida County Sheriff's Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, Park Falls Fire and Rescue, Park Falls EMS, and Central Price County Ambulance.

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(This post was last modified: 02-21-2022, 06:19 PM by My Northern Wisconsin.)