Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters speaks at a news conference.
Published on January 3, 2024 at 3:12 pm
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Fourteen people have been arrested and five separate drug operations dismantled after an undercover operation, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Wednesday.
Operation Players Club also seized 26 guns as well as 118 pounds of methamphetamine, 12.5 kilos of fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs, Waters said during a news conference. Thirteen more people are being sought on drug warrants, Waters said
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“This investigation led to the interception and seizure of a wide variety of drugs and narcotics — dangerous drugs and narcotics, that is,” Waters said. “We will never be able to quantify the lives that were saved by removing this poison from our streets. But unquestionably, through the excellent investigative work of the men and women of JSO and our law enforcement partners all over the Southeast, our community enters a new year safer and more secure.”
The operation, stretching from June to November, involved the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Florida and Georgia highway patrols and other agencies that stopped drug operations in Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico, Waters said.
