November 7, 2017 (Anchorage, AK) — In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic, Alaska is one of several states seeing a surge in methamphetamine use and methamphetamine-related deaths. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ Section of Epidemiology released a report today on the health impacts of methamphetamine use in Alaska. Alaska experienced a fourfold increase […]
An Anchorage man was charged on Tuesday on trafficking charges after a large quantity of methamphetamine and heroin were seized , the Department of Justice announced today. 28-year-old Cheng Chiew Saechao was arrested on Sunday after the United States Postal Inspection Service seized approximately 10 pounds of Methamphetamine that was being shipped in the mail from […]
AST reported today that a Nome man was indicted by a grand jury on charges of Misconduct Involving Controlled Substances following an investigation by the Western Alcohol and Narcotics team in Nome. The indictment against 57-year-old Nome resident David Fergerson was the result of the WAANT investigation that revealed that Fergerson “was in possession of […]
37-year-old Kenai man, Richard Paul Morrison, who was convicted of Meth distribution and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison, it was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder on Wednesday. Morrison, who had previously been convicted of forgery in Oregon in 2000, […]