Sweetwater County Detective Dick Blust, Jr. says the sentencing of four people with federal prison terms on April 13th was the result of a two-year, multi-agency investigation of a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in Sweetwater County including the Division of Criminal Investigation's Southwest Enforcement Team.
Officials said the Team developed information about methamphetamine suppliers in Idaho working with drug dealers in Sweetwater County in 2010 and began building a case against members of the ring.
The investigation expanded in July of 2011, when Southwest Enforcement Team agents made a key undercover drug buy and the Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team arrested Felix Maldonado of Burley, Idaho, Juan Manuel Glaria-Ramirez of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mexico, and Sheila Anne Russell, also of Burley, Idaho. Arrested later was Eden resident Steven E. Painovich. Four were sentenced on April 13th except for Glaria-Ramirez, whose sentence is still pending.
Officials said the Team developed information about methamphetamine suppliers in Idaho working with drug dealers in Sweetwater County in 2010 and began building a case against members of the ring.
The investigation expanded in July of 2011, when Southwest Enforcement Team agents made a key undercover drug buy and the Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team arrested Felix Maldonado of Burley, Idaho, Juan Manuel Glaria-Ramirez of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mexico, and Sheila Anne Russell, also of Burley, Idaho. Arrested later was Eden resident Steven E. Painovich. Four were sentenced on April 13th except for Glaria-Ramirez, whose sentence is still pending.
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