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What could have been the largest illegal drug operation in the history of the Hannibal Police Department went off without a hitch Friday night. Using officers from multiple law enforcement agencies, four search warrants were executed almost simultaneously.
Residences at 2209 Hope St., 2113 and 2115 Gordon St. and 1809 Grace St. were all targeted following investigations into the sale of illegal narcotics at those locations.
“Multiple suspects have been arrested and taken into custody and illegal drugs have been located,” said HPD Chief Lyndell Davis. “Like most drug investigations this has been a long-term investigation which initially started with one search warrant, but has exponentially grown into four that we felt that we needed to act on and that’s what we did.”
Assistance was brought in to help with the large operation to ensure the safety the public, those taken into custody and officers, according to Davis. Joining the department’s Special Response Team were all the HPD’s detectives and the department’s entire command staff. Also involved were officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri State Water Patrol, deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement agents.
Davis reported that no one was hurt during the operation.
“None of the officers reported any injuries and none of the suspects we took into custody had any injuries, nor did anyone from the public suffer any harm that we’re aware of, so everything went well. We think everything was executed very well,” he said. “There was quite a bit of critiquing and planning to the finest detail to make sure that everything went smoothly. I’m very proud of that. Once again I think it was a very successful operation. I can’t say enough about how well my people did tonight as well as all the assisting agencies. It was a great team effort.”
With a smile, Davis called operations like Friday night’s an extension of the department’s Community Outreach Program.
“When we did the (community) surveys in some of these areas there were a lot of complaints on drug activity and this is a direct result of that,” he said. “I hope this sends a message to those that want to be involved in narcotics sales.”
Davis said that details surrounding the arrests would be released sometime Saturday.
What could have been the largest illegal drug operation in the history of the Hannibal Police Department went off without a hitch Friday night. Using officers from multiple law enforcement agencies, four search warrants were executed almost simultaneously.
Residences at 2209 Hope St., 2113 and 2115 Gordon St. and 1809 Grace St. were all targeted following investigations into the sale of illegal narcotics at those locations.
“Multiple suspects have been arrested and taken into custody and illegal drugs have been located,” said HPD Chief Lyndell Davis. “Like most drug investigations this has been a long-term investigation which initially started with one search warrant, but has exponentially grown into four that we felt that we needed to act on and that’s what we did.”
Assistance was brought in to help with the large operation to ensure the safety the public, those taken into custody and officers, according to Davis. Joining the department’s Special Response Team were all the HPD’s detectives and the department’s entire command staff. Also involved were officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri State Water Patrol, deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement agents.
Davis reported that no one was hurt during the operation.
“None of the officers reported any injuries and none of the suspects we took into custody had any injuries, nor did anyone from the public suffer any harm that we’re aware of, so everything went well. We think everything was executed very well,” he said. “There was quite a bit of critiquing and planning to the finest detail to make sure that everything went smoothly. I’m very proud of that. Once again I think it was a very successful operation. I can’t say enough about how well my people did tonight as well as all the assisting agencies. It was a great team effort.”
With a smile, Davis called operations like Friday night’s an extension of the department’s Community Outreach Program.
“When we did the (community) surveys in some of these areas there were a lot of complaints on drug activity and this is a direct result of that,” he said. “I hope this sends a message to those that want to be involved in narcotics sales.”
Davis said that details surrounding the arrests would be released sometime Saturday.
