Eighty-five suspects were arrested and over $12.8 million in drugs were confiscated in a two-year undercover drug trafficking investigation, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said on Friday
The investigation entitled,"Operation Flying Ice," stemmed from a September 2020 search warrant in Winter Haven, Florida, that netted just one pound of methamphetamine. From that initial incident, investigators uncovered a methamphetamine trafficking scheme that involved large amounts of methamphetamine being smuggled from California to Florida in checked luggage on domestic flights, according to police.
Man arrested in California for allegedly smuggling nearly $3.7 million of fentanyl in his car tire and gas tankIn total, 268 pounds with a street value of $9,725,040 was recovered in the operation.Read More"I'm so very proud of our detectives and the agents and law enforcement officers who partnered with us to get these dangerous drugs and felons off the street.