RADE Unit compiles stats from first half of 2023

In the first half of 2023, the Rapides Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) Unit has compiled the following stats:
 
321 arrests
43 pounds marijuana (this does not include the 70 pounds of Marijuana seized early last week in Grant Parish)
14.5 pound methamphetamine
107 pounds powder cocaine
134.9 grams Fentanyl
3 grams Heroin
1017 Xananx pills
750 Ecstasy pills
166 hydrocodone pills
856.1 grams THC gummies
5810 ml Promethazine syrup
225 Suboxone strips
91 firearms seized
7 vehicles seized
$186,072.00 cash seized
 
The Rapides Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) Unit is a multi-jurisdictional team comprised of the Alexandria Police Department, Ball Police Department, Boyce Police Department, Cheneyville Police Department, Forest Hill Police Department, Glenmora Police Department, Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office Lecompte Police Department, McNary Police Department, Pineville Police Department, Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office, Woodworth Police Department, Grant Parish District Attorney’s Office and the Rapides Parish District Attorney’s Office.
 
The RADE Unit continues to target individuals suspected of trafficking narcotics in the Central Louisiana area. If you have information or would like to report any narcotics activity, you may do so by sending direct messages to the Rapides Area Drug Enforcement Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RADEunit/.