Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that just prior to Christmas, the Fentanyl Strike Force completed OperationChecking the Naughty List, which resulted in 13 felony and 12 misdemean or charges, including Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Distribute for fentanyl, morphine,methamphetamine, oxycodone, and other controlled substances.
“Fighting the fentanyl epidemic cannot be done without cooperation and coordination,” said General Fitch. “I am grateful for the partnership of these agencies who lent their time, talents and resources to making Mississippi asafer place for everyone. The Fentanyl Strike Force that we are now assembling will create a network of trained law enforcement working together like theseagencies here to get these dangerous drugs off the streets and save lives.”
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation,Alcoholic Beverage Control, Walnut Grove Police Department, Leake CountySheriff’s Office, and Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office participated in thisoperation on December 14, 2023, in Leake and Neshoba Counties. Attorney General Fitch announced the creation of the Fentanyl Strike Forcelast Fall with the roll-out of her One Pill Can Kill public education andawareness campaign.
The Strike Force now has nearly two dozen affiliates andis growing. Law enforcement agencies interested in participating shouldcontact the Attorney General’s Office at OnePill@ago.ms.gov.
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