Five men are facing charges in a multi-month investigation of a “large-scale” methamphetamine trafficking organization, the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force said on Monday.
The probe started in January after investigators received information that a 48-year-old man was involved in the distribution of “significant quantities of methamphetamine” in the central Minnesota area, according to the law enforcement group.
Investigators used several techniques, including using “confidential reliable informants,” audio and visual surveillance and search warrants, to identify members of the trafficking organization and document the distribution of meth within the region, court documents show…