SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah police say there has been a major spike in illegal drug sales in Salt Lake City.
KSL-TV reported Thursday (https://bit.ly/2nSYe7C ) that the Salt Lake City police seized 82 percent more drugs such as heroin, cocaine and marijuana than in 2015 according to their crime analysis unit. Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown says officers seized about 330,000 doses of drugs in 2016.
The number of overdose calls the department received has also risen to 124 percent since 2012. Brown says the number of deaths went up to 52 percent.
Last year, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s office enacted a jail policy that would help maintain the inmate population. Because of that policy, police cannot put people who are caught buying illegal drugs in jail. Police say they can only take the drugs away.
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Information from: KSL-TV, https://www.ksl.com/
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