“There's a large Atlanta connection and Knoxville connection,” says Waynesville Police Chief David Adams. The objective: take a big bite out of the local drug trade.
The operation was spearheaded by Cherokee Indian Police, aided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, timed to coincide with the Eastern Band's per capita paycheck disbursement week.ĭubbed 'Operation Casino Royale,' it involved 17 law enforcement agencies in the mountains and 115 officers. The drug interdiction operation began on May 30 and focused on known drug traffickers on or around the Cherokee reservation. It was a coordinated effort by law enforcement that led to a successful outcome. (WLOS) - A recent drug bust operation took more than $200,000 worth of illegal drugs out of Western North Carolina and yielded scores of arrests.
