Synthetic drugs have been removed from another Centralia business. Centralia Police Chief Larry Evans and an investigator from the Illinois Attorney General's office made a return visit to Blind Tiger at 300 West Broadway that was closed during their check of businesses last week.
Attorney General Spokesperson Scott Mulford says the proprietor handed over 454 packages of synthetics with a value of $8,644. With the other four locations last week, that brings the total number of packages relinquished in Centralia to 2,480 with a value of $51,103. The amount of drugs turned over in Centralia makes up nearly half of the statewide total under the Attorney General's new Smoked Out program.
Evans says the goal is not arrests, but to get the synthetic drugs out of town. "I think the most important part is that we were able to seize a large quantity of the available product and most importantly to get commitments from the places that we visited that they would no longer offer this product for sale in our area," said Evans. "That's our main goal, to eliminate the availability the best we can."
Evans promises they are not done. "We'll continue to go to these places and make sure they are living up to their promise that they will no longer going to sell these products and there are other cases that are being looked at right now that will also lead to action being taken," explained Evans.
The businesses that turned over synthetic drugs last week were Bargain Alley on South Elm, Centralia Speed Express on East 15th Street, Centralia Liquors on South Poplar and Lincoln Liquors on East Broadway. The packages will go to the State Police Crime Lab for analysis of content. - http://goo.gl/sDhbS
