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18 <br /> <br />West Metro Drug Task Force <br /> <br />Collaborative Partnership <br />The West Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF) is a multi-agency coordination of drug <br />enforcement in our communities. They work to reduce the supply of illegal narcotics <br />and curb the criminal activity that is associated with drug abuse. The WMDTF is <br />comprised of officers, deputies and sergeants from the Orono Police Department, <br />Medina Police Department, Minnetrista Public Safety, West Hennepin Public Safety <br />and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. <br /> <br />2023 Statistics <br />The WMDTF had another successful year in seizing large quantities of illegal narcotics <br />and confiscating guns and removing them from the streets in our communities. They <br />partnered with the DEA and FBI and participated in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking <br />Area West Metro Initiative (HIDTA) program. <br /> <br /> <br />Search Warrants…………........................ 113 <br />Arrests……………………............................ 47 <br />Charges…………………………………………..… 33 <br />Indictments………………………………………… 3 <br />Guns...………………………………………......... 58 <br /> <br /> <br />Meth…………………………………….…. 8,881.94 g <br />Cocaine…………………………..……….. 15,257.9 g <br />Fentanyl…………………………....……… 2,017.2 g <br />Marijuana……………………………... 37,082.90 g <br />Heroin……………………………………………… 5.3 g <br />Ecstasy………………………………………… 3.5 pills <br />212