Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 11 · column 5 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
Task force
Continued from page 1
However, he added, that doesn’t mean that there are not drugs here. The many isolated areas of the county would be an ideal spot for a manufacturing or transshipment operation, he said. An undercover operation against such a target would be “very difficult” with the limited resources of the local Sheriffs Office, Mr. Luke said.
The task force brings financial benefits, as well.“The main advantage is it enables all of us to get some money that before we didn’t get,” Special Agent Clarke said. Drug task forces are eligible for state funds for undercover drug buys and to pay informants, he explained.
And, Sheriff Woodward added, any property confiscated as a result of drug violations will be sold under federal law and the money split between the nine jurisdictions, with the federal government keeping a 10 percent “handling fee.” This will allow the local departments to recoup, for the first time, some of the costs of
94.4%