Sheriff Grady Judd on meth bust

A national drug trafficking investigation that involved the Polk County Sheriff’s Office led to 44 arrests and the seizure of 50 pounds of meth, with a street value of $1.4 million. Through the investigation –- which has been titled “Operation Meth Death Peddlers” -- detectives learned that the drug was being brought in from Mexico to California, then delivered to other areas across the country, including Polk County.