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numerous Task Forces throughout 2021 which led to the discovery of large quantities of narcotics, US Currency, and firearms. For example, in July 2021, the Mounds View VCET Investigator assisted the Lake Superior Drug & Violent Crime Task Force with a suspect vehicle that traveled to the Twin Cities metro area. After sharing details of their case, an operation was planned and executed during the evening hours. After hours of surveillance, a traffic stop was attempted on the suspect vehicle however it fled at a high rate of speed before crashing in the City of Saint Paul. The driver was arrested for fleeing in a motor vehicle and a passenger had arrest warrants for his / her person. Investigators located a loaded firearm underneath the driver's seat which had an extended loaded magazine. The driver was later charged with felony firearm charges. In August 2021, the Ramsey County VCET Unit assisted the DEA with a narcotic investigation in the Twin Cities metro area. After probable cause was obtained, a Search Warrant was authorized for an address in Dakota County. At the completion of the Search Warrant, over 268 pounds of methamphetamine was recovered along with other controlled substances and US Currency. In September 2021, the CEE-6 Drug & Violent Crime Task Force (Meeker County area) requested assistance with a methamphetamine dealer that was traveling to the Twin Cities to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine and then returning to rural Minnesota communities to sell the product. On a Sunday afternoon, the Mounds View VCET Investigator was informed that the methamphetamine dealer was on his / her way to the Twin Cities and that the Cee-6 Investigators would not be able to catch up to the suspect in time to conduct surveillance. The Mounds View VCET Investigator responded to a location in Ramsey County and located the suspect. After conducting surveillance and observing the suspect meet with his / her source of supply, the suspect began traveling back toward west -central Minnesota. After the suspect arrived in the Cee-6 area of operation, a traffic stop was conducted in which pounds of methamphetamine was recovered. In September 2021, the Mounds View VCET Investigator assisted the Annandale Police Department with the arrest of an individual with six felony arrest warrants. After conducting hours of surveillance in Ramsey County, VCET Investigators observed the individual exit a vehicle and enter into a building. A short time later, the individual exited the building and attempted to get into a vehicle to flee. Investigators were able to apprehend the individual prior to this and he / she was booked at the Ramsey County LEC for their warrants. In November 2021, the Mounds View VCET Investigator was contacted by the Fort Dodge Police Department (Iowa) regarding an attempted murder / home invasion investigation. Due to the Iowa Investigators not having Police powers in Minnesota, the Mounds View VCET Investigator was their liaison as they attempted to locate and arrest two of the suspects in Mounds View. After days of surveillance, Investigators located and arrested one of the suspects as he / she was leaving an address in Anoka County. Around this time, Investigators learned that the second suspect was attempting to flee the country via the Minneapolis — Saint Paul