On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, Fairbanks SDEU received a tip regarding an illegal marijuana grow operation at a residence near milepost 1316 of the Alaska Highway. The following day, investigators with Fairbanks SDEU traveled to Tok to begin working the case with the assistance of the local Alaska State Troopers Post. Troopers arrived on the […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they, in conjunction with the Fairbanks SDEU, made up of the Fairbanks Police Department, North Pole Police Department, and University of Alaska Fairbanks Police Department, initiated an investigation into heroin distribution in the Fairbanks area on January 5th after receiving a Crime Stoppers tip and seized a substantial amount of heroin […]
Alaska State Troopers announced the arrest of two Anchorage residents after an extended investigation by Statewide Drug Enforcement-Mat-Su Unit into heroin distribution in the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage area. Alaska State Troopers arrested 21-year-old Vincenzo “Vinnie” Yacovelli and his girlfriend 19-year-old Caitlynn Horton at a Swanson Street address in Wasilla on Monday afternoon. They were arrested […]
A residence at mile 12 of the Chena Hot Springs Road near Fairbanks was raided for a second time in five years as a result of its use as a commercial Cannabis grow operation, Alaska State Troopers report in the trooper dispatch. After receiving a report of the heavy odor of Marijuana emanating from a residence […]