Navy: Key West bars must patrol for dealers

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Navy: Key West bars must patrol for dealers
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Dec 29, 2009 17:34:46 EST

Street-level drug dealing at local bars in Key West, Fla., is coming under scrutiny from local Navy officials after an undercover sting operation led to the arrest of 25 street-level dealers who were charged with selling cocaine and marijuana.

The base commander at Naval Air Station Key West is urging local bar owners to help crack down on drug dealing, or else those bars — mostly those along the bustling tourist strip of Duval Street — could end up on list making them off-limits to Navy personnel.

“Within the next 90 days, I ask that you please take necessary precautions to ensure that service members can frequent your establishments without concern that they will be exposed to an environment where illegal controlled substances are readily available,” Capt Steven Holmes wrote in the letter to bar owners.

“Following this 90-day period, I intend to reach out to you and inquire about the progress made to combat this issue,” Holmes said.

Holmes’ letter comes after Naval Criminal Investigative Service mounted an undercover operation this spring that identified 45 drug dealers selling to an undercover agent who was posing as a civilian employee at the base. Of those, 25 were ultimately charged with drug crimes, said NCIS Special Agent Mark Barstow, who ran the sting operation.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/12/navy_key_west_drugs_122909w/

[evan2]

1. Entrapment: it's the easiest way to bust more people

Right here in the land of the free, we tolerate law enforcement using taxpayer money to entice people to do things which
shouldn't even be illegal in the first place.

"Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do"...long as I don't hurt anyone or take anything that doesn't belong to me.