One in Custody Following Multi-Agency Drug Bust in Monroe County

One in custody following multi-agency drug bust in Monroe County. (Courtesy: Monroe County Sheriff's Office)

One in Custody Following Multi-Agency Drug Bust in Monroe County

Monroe County, TN (WOKI) A multi-agency drug bust is credited with getting fentanyl and guns off the streets in Monroe County.

Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones announcing that agents with the sheriff’s office together with the 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations seized approximately 31 grams of fentanyl, multiple handguns, a large quantity of cash and other items while serving a high risk warrant Monday evening.

Jones says one suspect was also taken into custody following a foot pursuit in the area of Turnpike Road.

One in custody following multi-agency drug bust in Monroe County. (Courtesy: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office)

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