BOZEMAN, Mont. – According to the Montana Department of Justice, anti-drug task forces have seized twice as much fentanyl through September 30 of this year than they did the last four years combined.
Governor Gianforte in a discussion with Bozeman Public Safety Officials said, “across the state and here in Bozeman, our community partners are confronting new and emerging challenges with population growth and criminals trafficking deadly drugs into our communities.”
On drugs, Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer pointed to the southern border. He said, “the growth we’ve seen in drugs in the last two years, three years, can be tracked directly back to the border.”
To combat crime and keep drugs out of Montana communities, the governor worked with Attorney General Austin Knudsen to fund 16 new highway patrol officers and criminal investigators, as well as six new prosecutors at the Montana Department of Justice.
The criminal investigation agents will focus on drug trafficking, human trafficking, narcotics, major crimes, and crimes against children. The new highway patrol officers will strengthen the state’s drug interdiction programs.
