11 Investigates Exclusive: More than $100,000 in drug money missing from AG’s office

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s narcotics office in North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County, is under fire tonight after $100,000 has turned up missing.

11 Investigates has learned that there is a criminal investigation into the office after agents discovered $100,000 in drug forfeiture money and drug buy money was unaccounted for.

A nondescript gray block building along Route 30 in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County is home to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control.

According to the Attorney General’s website, it’s “one of the largest agencies in the nation devoted exclusively to drug enforcement.”

But 11 Investigates has learned that there’s now a criminal investigation into this office after more than $100,000 in drug forfeiture money and drug buy money turned up missing.

11 Investigates reached out to the Pa. Attorney General’s office but in an emailed response, they had little to say.

“Sorry, I do not have a comment for you,” wrote the AG’s Press Secretary.

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