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Polk County deputies bust Winter Haven ‘family-run’ drug operation


WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported the dismantling of a “family-run” drug operation in Winter Haven, ensuing within the arrest of eleven people.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, a complete of 12 other folks, together with 3 minors, had been taken into custody on more than a few fees associated with the distribution of unlawful medicine.

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Law enforcement officers said that they confiscated a considerable amount of gear right through the operation. The seized pieces integrated 1,366 grams of methamphetamine, 980 grams of cocaine, 901 grams of ecstasy, 224 grams of fentanyl, 158 grams of marijuana, 9 grams of Oxycodone, 202 prescription drugs, one tablet press, and one firearm.

The estimated side road worth of the seized medicine amounted to just about $140,000.

Highlighting the level of the legal actions, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office printed that the Rogers kin has been keen on drug trafficking and different illegal acts within the space because the Eighties.

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Sheriff Grady Judd of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said, “Members of the Rogers family are widely recognized by law enforcement and have been detained numerous times over the years. They have been a scourge on the Inwood community for a significant duration, exposing local families to undesirable drug-related activities, gangs, violence, and more.”

The people apprehended within the operation integrated:

  • Kenneth “Pop” Rogers, 38
  • Odia Rogers, 69
  • Tameka Rogers, 31
  • Theresa Prince, 59
  • Rafel Rogers, 39
  • Jordan Rogers, 21
  • Two 16-year-old women and a 15-year-old
  • Gerard Hall, 32
  • Alpavin Tucker, 36
  • Dominique Rogers, 28

The arrests had been made at more than a few places as seek warrants had been carried out. Several legislation enforcement companies, together with the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police, supplied help within the investigation.

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