BINTF report
Drug arrests, lab seizures down drug agency says
On Thursday (June 21), the Butte County Interagency Task Force (BINTF) presented its 2011 annual report. Bill LeGroan, BINTF chairman and Oroville Police Department chief, said there were 132 search warrants issued last year resulting in 242 arrests and the discovery and destruction of six methamphetamine labs. While that number is down in recent years, Butte County still ranks fifth overall in the state’s meth-lab seizures and second when measured per capita. Meth was involved in nearly half (48 percent) of the BINTF arrests, while marijuana accounted for 33 percent, mostly for possession for sale and cultivation. Most of those arrested for marijuana had valid 215 recommendations but were using the recommendations, according to the BINTF report, as a “blind shield to profit from selling the marijana.”
Location of arrests:
Oroville 67
Chico 43
Gridley 25
Biggs 4
Paradise 3
Rest of county 86
Out of county 14
Arrest by drugs:
Methamphetamine 115
Marijuana 81
Prescription drugs 16
Cocaine 10
LSD 2
Heroin 1
Drugs seized:
Base cocaine 173
Powder cocaine 3,018
Processed marijuana 362,977
Marijuana (plants) 539
Hashish 4,579
LSD (pills) 6
Methamphetamine 1,889
Heroin .94
MDMA (Ecstasy tabs) 1
Psilocybin/mushrooms 3.20
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