Southwest Nebraska Drug Trafficking Organization Busted by Multiple Agencies
Multiple agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation from across the state executed five federal warrants and seven state arrest warrants for drug related crimes in southwest Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb (KLKN)-Multiple agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation from across the state executed five federal warrants and seven state arrest warrants for drug related crimes in southwest Nebraska.
Eugene Kowel, Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced those warrants were executed on August 24th as a result of a
joint operation by members of the CODE Task Force in conjunction with state, federal, and local partners.
The arrest warrants were executed in the Nebraska towns of North Platte, McCook, Kearney, Lincoln, and Culbertson as well as in northwestern Kansas. Additionally, two federal
warrants and two state warrants were served to people already in custody.
Special Agent Kowel says “Through collaboration with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, we were able to target and dismantle this criminal organization in southwest Nebraska. Drug-related crimes strangle communities in rural Nebraska. The CODE task force will continue to work to stop the violence, get drugs and weapons off the streets, and seek justice for those living in the communities they serve.”
These crimes were investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Omaha Division CODE Task Force which is comprised of members of the Nebraska State Patrol, North Platte Police Department, Lexington Police Department, and Dawson County Sheriff’s Office.
The arrests and warrants executed were the result of a multi-agency collaboration, consisting of Nebraska State Patrol, North Platte Police Department, McCook Police Department, Red Willow County Sheriff’s Office, Decatur County Kansas Sheriff’s Office, Sherman County Kansas Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Postal Inspection Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and FBI Omaha and Kansas City Divisions.
