Title: Fayetteville Police Department, Fayette, WV - Police Arrests
Headings: Fayetteville Police Department
Fayetteville Police Department
Fayetteville Police Department News

Content: Joining United States Attorney Stuart in the announcement were Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) David Gourley, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) Adam Black, West Virginia State Police Captain Jason Davis, West Virginia National Guard Lieutenant Colonel William Annie, Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Harrah, Fayette County Sheriff Mike Fridley, Oak Hill Police Chief Michael Whisman, Fayetteville Police Chief David Kinzer, Nicholas County Sheriff William Nunley, Summersville Police Chief John Nowak, National Park Service Chief Ranger Duane Michael, United States Marshal Michael Baylous, as well as representatives from the Beckley Police Department, Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, and the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. The DEA and ATF offices in Newark, New Jersey also provided valuable assistance in this investigation. "Today we are taking further steps to tackle the drug crisis which is especially hurting the people of West Virginia," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. " President Trump has made ending this crisis a top priority for this administration and under his leadership the Department of Justice has taken historic new steps to put drug traffickers in jail. Today we announce the dismantling of a drug trafficking organization that spread addiction and death from West Virginia to New Jersey. As part of this operation, law enforcement has charged around 40 defendants, seized multiple pounds of addictive drugs – including heroin, fentanyl, and oxycodone -- and hundreds of thousands of dollars of allegedly ill-gotten gains. And so I want to thank U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart, DEA, ATF, the Marshals Service, and especially our fabulous state and local partners. By taking drug traffickers off of our streets, they are helping to keep the American people safe." The takedown today was the result of a long-term investigation led by DEA and the Central West Virginia Drug Task Force (CWVDTF), dubbed “Operation Mountaineer Highway.” A total of 38 individuals have been charged in federal and state court.