Numerous Arrests Made in Extensive Drug Investigation in Cass County, MN

WALKER, MN (trfnews.i234.me) Cass County, Minnesota Sheriff Tom Burch reports multiple arrests, drug and cash seizures, following a major drug investigation.
cass county minnesota sheriff tom burst reports that during the past year pursuant to a statewide large-scale ongoing investigation into the sale and use of controlled substances investigators with the cass county sheriff’s office and other agencies have conducted numerous traffic stops and search warrants targeting the seizure of meth throughout the course of this investigation it’s led to four first-degree drug arrests one second-degree drug arrest one third degree and eight fifth degree drug arrests in multiple counties to date there have been over three pounds of meth c’s as well over as over eleven thousand dollars in cash the case is ongoing and formal charges are pending for numerous individuals in multiple counties throughout the course of the investigation jeffrey lee thorson age 35 of hackensack minnesota has been identified as a leader of several of these cases the investigation has revealed that thorson used individuals to transport quantities of meth from minneapolis uh saint paul area to northern minnesota for the purpose of sale formal charges are pending on thorson and cass county as well as other counties sheriff birch reports that these are still active cases with investigations ongoing the statewide investigation led by cass county minnesota has been a cooperation of numerous agencies including the paul bunyan drug task force leech like tribal police minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension minnesota state patrol morrison’s county sheriff’s office hubbard county and crow wing county law enforcement sheriff burch reports that many of these investigations start with an anonymous tip and encourages you to submit tips and information to the agency through crime stoppers of minnesota i’m neil carlson reporting for inews dot tv