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NEWS ADVISORY
Bruce Gordon, Director of Communications
Driver WHAT: The Northwest Metro Drug Task Force ), and the Minnesota
and Vehicle
Services
Departments of Public Safety (DPS) and Health (MDH) will hold a
news conference to discuss a record amount of THC vaping cartridges
Emergency seized in Anoka County on Monday.
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Networks
The 75,000 THC cartridges are believed to have come from out of state
Homeland for distribution in Minnesota.
Security and
Emergency
Management Law enforcement and health officials are extremely concerned about the
Minnesota dangers of vaping. Hospitals across the country and here in Minnesota
State Patrol have recently reported hospitalizations and deaths linked to vaping. In
some cases, patients reported vaping THC.
Office of
Communications
The Northwest Metro Drug Task Force is a Violent Crime Enforcement
Office of
Justice Programs
Team (VCET). VCETs are multijurisdictional task forces that
investigate narcotics, gangs and violent crime. There are 21 VCETs
Office of covering 70 Minnesota counties.
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445 Minnesota Street, Suite 100 • Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101-5155 • dps.mn.gov • facebook.com/MnPublicSafety • @MnDPS_DPS
Background:
Drug seizures for Minnesota’s Violent Crime Enforcement Teams (VCETs) increased in several
major drug categories in 2018.