Two -thirds of the county of Arizona will be designated as a federal designation for the purpose of fighting drug trafficking after the authorities have announced that they have been approved by Yabapai County.
The White House officials and the governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbus, said on Thursday that Yabapai County was part of Arizona’s high -strength drug trafficking area.
The state was first part of the program. This is well known in the Equis Hidta in 1990. Before the announcement on Thursday, there were nine counties that were approved for participation in Yabapai County.
Rahul Gutta, a white house office Obuna -Buna Building Drag Control Director, stated in a call with reporters that this designation provided execution support along the highway of the county.
“It will help all of Arizona to make everything safer,” said Gupta. “President Biden and Vice President Harris are both supporters of the HIDTA program. The Biden Harris administration has announced. New funds of $ 276 million Gupta said for the early summer program this summer. Among them, Arizona received more than $ 13 million.
Hobbus stated that the program was a “critical and reliable partner” for fighting drug trafficking.
This announcement was held within three weeks after early voting in Arizona began, and the media call has reduced overdose by President Joe Biden and Vice President Camara Harris, and has reduced violence crimes. There was a repetitive warranty. Harris is a candidate for the President’s Democratic Party, and the message claims that the Republican members have failed in the border policy.
David Rhodes, a sheriff in Yabapai County, said that he was grateful for the unanimously supported designation by the county law enforcement agencies. However, Republican member Rhodes, who is critical of the Biden administration’s border, said he was skeptical of the election very close.
“I am grateful for the efforts of the Biden administration and the designation of a hitta in the Yabapai County County, but in the last three years of this federal government, I am noted that Arizona was zero on the terrestrial sales and seizures of Fentanil. Rhodes said.
According to Rhodes, the chairman of the Arizona State Service Association, past demands for the administration had been ignored.
Last month, Kochise -gun Sheriff Mark Dannell sponsored the same concerns, sponsored the Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance for border visits. Immigration is the biggest problem for voters here, and is considered to be a Harris campaign.
Officer of office of the office drug control policy stated that the new HIDTA designated timing is partially dependent on the financing of the federal government and is usually confirmed in summer. This year, they said the complete federal budget was approved in March about six months later. They said that Gupta met the leader and traveled to red, blue and purple states to emphasize the Agenda of the Biden administration.
Rhodes said that the Arizona Congress and the Democratic Party Hobbus did more to support the enforcement agencies when working on the trafficking of Fentanyl and other drugs. Hobbus has a priority Funding to the sheriff office The local law execution agency and Rhodes joined her earlier this year and joined the ceremony to sign a bill that increased the prison time of a Fentanyl dealer.
Last year, Arizona Hitta deleted illegal drugs equivalent to $ 325 million, including 36 million Fentanyl tablets, and according to the National Drug Administration Policy, $ 10 million in cash and other assets from human trading companies. Wied.
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