The AST dispatch reported on Sunday morning that Prince of Wales-based troopers, Wildlife Troopers, and Craig police boarded a vessel in the waters near Klawock to serve a misdemeanor arrest warrant on a person aboard the f/v The Chaser, and the warrant service turned into a drug bust. The authorities boarded the vessel at 1:30 […]
On Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers announced that the Nome Office of the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team, the Anchorage Airport Interdiction Task Force, and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, made another arrest in their continuing investigation into drugs in the Nome area that seized approximately 54.2 grams (2 ounces) of methamphetamine and approximately […]
Three patrol vehicles sustained considerable damage after a failed traffic stop at O’Malley and Independence in south Anchorage on the afternoon of Monday, APD reported. At 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon, an officer responding to an incident in the area observed a vehicle failing to use his turn signal and proceeded to attempt to […]
13 Pounds of Methamphetamine, Two Pounds of Cocaine Seized in Alaska Anchorage, Alaska – On Oct. 7, 2020, the FBI Anchorage Field Office Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF), arrested Margus Gipson, a/k/a “Melly Mel,” 35, of Compton, California, pursuant to a federal arrest warrant issued in FBI Los Angeles’ investigation known as “Operation Klondike.” […]