Data and Statistics -
SINTF
(Shasta County Interagency
Narcotics Task Force)
For the years 2003 - 2006
SINTF
reports its involvement and participation in:
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Investigations by Jurisdiction
|
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| City |
Cases
2006 |
Cases 2004 |
Cases
2003 |
| Anderson | 32 |
29 |
16 |
| Burney | 3 | ||
| Happy Valley | 5 | ||
| Redding | 103 |
87 | 90 |
| Shasta Lake | 19 |
15 | 22 |
| Unincorporated | 23 |
28 | 20 |
| Total |
177 |
159 |
156 |
|
Arrests
by Gender
|
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| 2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |
| Total | 177 |
285 |
235 |
230 | 251 | 259 |
| Male | 68% |
64% |
65% |
60% | 65% | 62.2% |
| Female | 32% |
36% | 35% | 37.8% | ||
|
Controlled Substance and Related
Seizures
|
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| 2006 |
2005 |
2004 | 2003 |
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| Meth | 3,222.98 |
12,080 |
*10,531 |
3,248.7 | grams |
| Marijuana | ^9,339.4 |
233,256.6 | 13,133.4 | grams | |
| Opium | 916 | grams | |||
| Heroin | 77 | grams | |||
| Cocaine | 652.7 |
542 | **117,203.7 | grams | |
| Mushrooms | 54.9 |
9.5 | grams | ||
| MDMA | 477 |
pills |
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| Marijuana Plants | 291 |
18,074 | 119 | ||
| Marijuana Plants (Asst to MET) | 73,684 | ||||
| Meth Labs | 1 |
9 |
2 | ||
| Currency |
$67,397.50 | USD | |||
| Searches |
110 |
117 |
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^Processed marijuana, compared to 9,339.4 grams seized in 2005. In addition, 544,800 grams seized in "Octagon" investigation in 2006.
*All meth siezed in 2004 was "crystal meth," a purified form which usually has fewer impurities than powdered meth. SINTF has siezed more than twice this amount during the first quarter of 2005.
**Includes two vehicle stops on I-5 in Shasta County in which Cocaine was en route from Los Angeles to Washington State and Vancouver BC.
In Addition: During 2004 the Redding office of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE) seized 22 labs, 36.4 pounds of meth and made 39 arrests in the 11 northern counties of California (which included the 9 labs in Shasta County). BINTF (Butte County Task Force) seized 39 labs in 2004. BNE task forces in the 11 northern counties seized a total of 67 labs.
| Weapons Seized |
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| Year |
Total
|
Firearms |
%
Firearms |
| 2003 |
117 |
100 |
85.4% |
| 2005 |
86 |
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| 2006 |
86 |
75 |
87.2% |
| Assets Seized | ||
| ear |
Cash |
In
Addition |
| 2005 |
137,103.42 |
1
auto; 1 dump trusk; 1 Bobcat earth mover |
| 2006 |
154,811.00 |
2
vehicles; 3 motorcycles |
Asseets seized: SINTF retains 55.25% of court-ordered forfeited seized assets for use in day-to-day operational expenses and as undercover "buy" money.
| SINTF Meth Lab Busts (Shasta County) |
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| 2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| 17 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
The peak year for manufacturing meth in northern California was 2002 in which 107 labs were seized.
Additionally: Detected incidence of meth in Shasta County autopsies per forensic pathologist Susan Comfort (ref. Redding Record Searchlight, 22 July 2007)
| Meth Detected in Autopsies, Shasta County |
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| Year |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Number
detected |
12 |
10 |
N/A | N/A |
15 |
23 |
13 |
| Number
of autopsies |
170 |
233 |
N/A | N/A | 239 |
254 |
246 |
| Percent |
7.1 |
4.3 |
N/A | N/A | 6.3 |
9.1 |
5.3 |
Data and current information from the federal government are avilable at the
National Drug Intelligence Center National Drug Threat Assessment 2007
Shasta County Methamphetamine Task Force
Webmaster 25 July 2006
