Interior Alaska Law Enforcement Team Up for Crime Suppression Operation

Three-day joint operation hits the Fairbanks drug world hard. August 23, 2023 (FAIRBANKS, AK) – Last week, multiple law enforcement agencies from a...

September 2, 2023
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Three-day joint operation hits the Fairbanks drug world hard. August 23, 2023 (FAIRBANKS, AK) – Last week, multiple law enforcement agencies from around Alaska conducted a joint-effort to disrupt the drug trade and associated criminal activity in the Fairbanks and North Pole area. The three-day effort, called Operation Fall Surprise, took place last week, August 16 – 18. More than a dozen local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies were involved in the effort. Law enforcement seized approximately 270 grams of illegal narcotics with an estimated street value of $32,500.