The Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit in Ketchikan, a unit of the Alaska State Troopers, arrested two Washington men late last week after they were busted for possession approximately six ounces of methamphetamine. The two Washington men, 26-year-old Steven Wiggins Jr. and Montoya Herron, were charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance after an investigation by […]
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 […]