NEWS RELEASE



For further information please contact: Sgt. Sid Conklin

DDCC 120504-32 (573) 751-3452



December 5, 2004

EMPHASIS: Drug Arrest



Captain Ronald K. Replogle, Director of the Division of Drug and Crime (DDCC), announces that a joint investigation by DDCC Narcotics Team 2, Drug Enforcement Administration, Jasper County Drug Task Force, and the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force led to the arrest of two illegal aliens. The investigation netted one and a half pounds crystal methamphetamine being seized by the officers. The subjects, whose true identity could not be established because they possessed multiple forms of identification, were turned over to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.



The filing of federal drug charges are pending in the Western District of Missouri.