MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The West Tennessee Drug Task Force announced that nearly 2,000 pounds of drugs were seized from the streets and highways of Shelby, Haywood, Crockett, Gibson, Dyer, and Lake Counties in West Tennessee in 2025.
The drug task force said last year they broke three individual drug seizure records with meth, cocaine, and promethazine while seizing a total of 1,889 pounds of drugs.
They released the following statistics:
- Arrests – 101 ea.
- Guns – 54 ea.
- Methamphetamine – 260 lbs. (record)
- Fentanyl – 8 pounds
- Cocaine – 213 lbs. (record)
- Controlled Pills – 5,586 ea.
- Promethazine – 254 lbs. (31.5 gl.) (record)
- Extasy – 1 oz.
- Marijuana – 1,154 lbs.
“These men and women work tirelessly sacrificing so much of their personal time and risking their lives to make West Tennessee a safer place to live, work and visit and I appreciate each and every one of them”, Said Drug Task Force Director Johnie Carter…