Drugs in Gwinnett County: A Presentation to SafetySmart Lilburn
Maj. John Strickland, of the Gwinnett County Police Department, recently presented information on drug activity in the area.
(Editor's Note: This piece is derived from a recent presentation on drugs in Gwinnett County by Maj. John Strickland.) In 2012, Gwinnett County confiscated more than $16 million worth of illegal narcotics, from 837 drug arrests: $905,000 in drug money, 884 pounds of marijuana, 32 pounds of cocaine and 51 pounds of methamphetamine. In general, all drug arrests result in jail time (with the exception of possession of small amounts of marijuana.) Infiltration of Mexican Cartels Studies indicate the drug cartels in Mexico and Central America ship approximately 90 percent of drugs entering the United States. Since the 1990s, the government of Mexico recently reported being at war with the drug cartels. In most instances these cartels tend …
