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Omaha DEA seizes nearly $34 million in drugs over six months

Posted at 10:52 AM, Jan 28, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-28 12:06:17-05

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Over the last six months, the Drug Enforcement Administration Omaha Division has taken various drugs off the streets equaling approximately $34 million.

This division of the DEA covers Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and four counties in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Drugs controlled by the division were marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.

In Nebraska, 4,737 pounds of marijuana, 83 pounds of methamphetamine and 27 pounds of heroin were collected.

Methamphetamine and marijuana were the two most common drugs in the drug busts.