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Drugs will be destroyed

Since October, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office has accumulated a stockpile of drugs from 19 felony drug arrests made within the county.

The stockpile, which consists of 1,138.44 pounds of marijuana, 3.56 pounds of methamphetamine, 302 grams of liquid THC, 115.69 grams of heroin and 49 grams of cocaine, will eventually be destroyed.

According to Det. Dick Blust, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said the stockpile has a street value of more than $5 million.

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