Law enforcement in Juneau received a tip last year about a group of locals who were allegedly operating a methamphetamine distribution ring.
Now, the Juneau Police Department has announced that an eight-month-long investigation has resulted in multiple arrests and the seizure of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of methamphetamine.
“Beginning in October 2024, Task Force Officers with the Alaska State Troopers’ Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) and the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD), assigned to the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), uncovered a Drug Trafficking Organization operating out of Juneau, Alaska,” a press release states.
The investigation culminated in the arrest of three Juneau residents and the seizure of 1.32 kilograms of methamphetamine, with a street value of approximately $130,000.
According to investigators, this operation was linked to an out-of-state network that had been supplying the drugs to Alaska distributors. Task force officers successfully located and arrested 67-year-old Kinarla Miles, a California resident, in connection with this investigation.
As Must Read Alaska previously reported, three other Juneau residents were arrested and charged along with Miles. These included 51-year-old Juneau resident Jerome Larue, 38-year-old Juneau resident Travis Lind, and 60-year-old Juneau resident Edie Seslar.
Lareu and Sesla face a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison for drug trafficking. Lind faces up to 20 years in prison for money laundering conspiracy.
Gone from society!!
Lock them up and throw away the key. So many lives ruined from illegal drugs.
Great, now how are our legislators supposed to stay up for those late night sessions at the Capitol?
Does anybody think this stuff through?
Send them to Gates of the Arctic.
Let Alaska resolve this