The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to figure out who is making crystal meth outside the state and sending it to drug dealers on the streets of Central Florida.
Agents said they busted three distributors this week, and the bust was big enough for statewide prosecutors to step in.
Investigators seized $300,000 worth of drugs.
Most of it was found at a Kissimmee resort.
DEA agents said two men turned a room at the Lighthouse Key into a drug den.
Earlier this week, they served a warrant on the room and a car outside, and as a result, came up with eight pounds of meth and all the tools needed to divvy up the drugs for sale.
Emory Milam and James Kamisky were arrested and face life in prison if convicted.
“It still remains a persistent problem. It’s a very, very addictive drug,” said DEA agent Jeff Walsh. “It does horrible things psychologically and physically to people that abuse it.”
Walsh said there was a second bust tied to a random traffic stop added to what was seized this week.
It started with a truck on Concord Street in downtown Orlando that ran a stop sign while turning on Hughey Avenue.
Orlando police tried to stop the driver on Interstate 4, but the vehicle sped off and was spotted again parked on the side of State Road 408.
According to a police report, the driver, later identified as Ashlynn Taylor, had two pounds of meth in her truck.
Police said Taylor bailed from the car and fled toward a wooded area before she was caught.
“It’s a big win for all of us,” Walsh said. “I mean, that’s a heck of a lot of dope. So, I mean, there are thousands of people that would have been affected by that.”
The charges brought against Taylor will also put her in prison for life if she’s convicted.
The DEA is left wondering where all of the accused distributors got the drugs.
The office of the statewide prosecutor is stepping in for the two cases, which is common when law enforcement officials suspect that are dealing with organized crime.
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