Upstate drug trafficking investigation leads to the indictment of 39 people

50 pounds of methamphetamine, five pounds of heroin, and others drugs were seized, officials say.

Updated: 6:23 PM EDT Jul 22, 2020

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LATEST ON THIS MULTICOUNTY ROUNDUP. >> The Reporter: THESE SEIZED DRUGS AND WEAPONS PILED ON TABLES ARE THE RESULT OF OPERATION GROUNDHOG DAY. SPARTANBURG COUNTY SHERIFF CHUCK WRIGHT SAYS SEVERAL AGENCIES IN THE UPSTATE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ALMOST TWO-YEARLONG INVESTIGATION. >> WE GOT 57.3 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, 5.3 POUNDS OF HEROIN, SOME MARIJUANA AND FENTANYL, AND 92 GRAMS OF COCAINE WAS SEIZED. >> The Reporter: WRIGHT EXPLAINED HOW THE DRUGS AND WEAPONS WERE SEIZED 6789. >> WE WERE DOING TIPS AND WORKING PEOPLE WHO, WHEN WE CATCH THEM, SAY, HEY, I CAN FIND YOU SOME MORE DRUGS. SO IT WAS JUST BASICALLY WORKING BACKWARDS AND DOING JUST BASIC SIMPLE POLICE WORK. THE REPORTER: SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON SAYS THIS WAS AN INVESTIGATION OF AN ALLEGED HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION IN THE UPSTATE. WILSON ADDED, QUOTE, ALL THE AGENCIES INVOLVED ARE COMMITTED TO FIGHTING HAND TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS SUCH AS METHAMPHETAMINE, HEROIN, AND FENTANYL TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR STATE. >> YOU KNOW, I KEEP TELLING YOU, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAYING, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO WIN THE WAR ON DRUGS. MIGHT NOT, BUT THAT AIN'T GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO IT. THAT AIN'T GOT A DOGGONE THING WITH THE FIGHT WE'RE GOING TO

Upstate drug trafficking investigation leads to the indictment of 39 people

50 pounds of methamphetamine, five pounds of heroin, and others drugs were seized, officials say.

Updated: 6:23 PM EDT Jul 22, 2020

A drug trafficking investigation in the Upstate has led to the indictments of 39 people.South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says the investigation, called "Operation Ground Hog Day," targeted an alleged heroin and methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in the Upstate. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright says more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine, five pounds of heroin, and others drugs were seized.Wright says the team was able to round up a lot of the drugs through tips and basic police work. He says several agencies in the Upstate played a role in the nearly two-year investigation."I keep telling you, people always saying 'you're never going to win the war on drugs,''' said Wright. "Yeah, I might not, but that ain't got anything to do with the fight we're going to bring to it. That ain't got a daggum thing we're going to take to it."Wilson says these indictments show that all agencies involved are committed to fighting the trafficking of drugs.

A drug trafficking investigation in the Upstate has led to the indictments of 39 people.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says the investigation, called "Operation Ground Hog Day," targeted an alleged heroin and methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in the Upstate.

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright says more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine, five pounds of heroin, and others drugs were seized.

Wright says the team was able to round up a lot of the drugs through tips and basic police work. He says several agencies in the Upstate played a role in the nearly two-year investigation.

"I keep telling you, people always saying 'you're never going to win the war on drugs,''' said Wright. "Yeah, I might not, but that ain't got anything to do with the fight we're going to bring to it. That ain't got a daggum thing we're going to take to it."

Wilson says these indictments show that all agencies involved are committed to fighting the trafficking of drugs.

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