DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – Last week a multi-jurisdictional operation resulted in the arrest of 17 people in Duluth and Superior as part of a drug trafficking organization.
During the course of the investigation, over 50 search warrants were executed resulting in the seizing of illegal weapons, homemade explosives, ten vehicles, over 74 thousand dollars in cash and a variety of drugs including meth and fentanyl with a street value of over a million dollars.
The organization was selling drugs throughout the Twin Ports, Cloquet, the Fond Du Lac Reservation and other areas in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
The Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force says the investigation is ongoing and several other individuals are still being pursued.
With the arrests and drug seizures, there has been a significant disruption in the supply of opioids in the area.
Those who are addicted and seeking confidential help can contact the Substance Use Response Team at 218-730-4009
The following were arrested and charged:
30-year-old Duluth resident, Nicholas VanHolbeck, 36-year-old Maple Grove resident Marshaun Brown, 45-year-old Duluth resident Steven Green, 34-year-old Duluth resident Charlice Buck, 31-year-old Duluth resident, Joseph Felver, 30-year-old Duluth resident Nicholas Wosmek, 37-year-old Duluth resident Glenda Cronin, 40-year-old Duluth resident Zachary Bissell, 32-year-old Duluth resident Chad Jasper, 27-year-old Minneapolis resident Aaron Ellerman, 28-year-old Duluth resident Kyle Davis, and 25-year-old Duluth resident Brodey Jensen.
