Fannin County Sheriff's Office has wrapped up a seven-month narcotics investigation with the arrests of 33 defendants for a total of 52 felony charges and 2 misdemeanor charges filed with the Fannin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
According to Sheriff Donnie Foster, the undercover investigation took longer than anticipated, but the success was worth the work. “Our goal was to dismantle drug dealing groups in Fannin County and not to just make a one-time bust.”
The investigators kicked off the round up operation with a series of “buy-bust arrests” which netted an approximate street value of $5,000 in Methamphetamine and $2,000 in Crack Cocaine. FCSO is still seeking the arrests of six additional defendants.
Foster stated, “This operation was time consuming, but was very effective. At the end of it all we are hoping to see some lengthy prison sentences for some of these defendants. While we have recovered a considerable amount of illegal drugs during these arrests, the amount of drugs that may have been stopped from being transported or dealt in our county with these arrests could be much more. It certainly has given our investigators plenty of new leads and a lot more work to come.”
Foster went on to say, “We have just one deputy assigned full-time to narcotics work and he has been extremely busy with this operation. Bonham Police Department’s cooperation and assistance was instrumental to this success. We really could not have handled such a large operation without them. Chief Bankston and his officers have been great. Everyone pitched in and made it work.”