DRUG TASK FORCES IN TWO ALABAMA COUNTIES COUNT ARRESTS

TUSCUMBIA - Drug activity in two north Alabama counties hasn't ended,
but law enforcement officers point to hundreds of arrests in trying to
curtail it.

Officers in drug task forces in Colbert and Lauderdale counties say
they have completed two of their most productive years in arrests and
drug seizures.

In Colbert County, the task force made 299 cases, which produced 96
felony arrests. The Lauderdale Drug Task Force made 766 cases,
resulting in 430 felony arrests.

Lauderdale task force director Myron Crunk admits there are times when
it seems the more you arrest, the more that are out there.

His unit has four agents who have completed a couple of large
undercover operations, one which resulted in the arrest of 70 people.