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Mounds View / Ramsey County VCET 2023 — 3rd Quarter Review During the Third Quarter of 2023, the Mounds View VCET Investigator conducted numerous narcotic investigations which led to substantial seizures of narcotics, weapons, and US Currency in which some are detailed below. Some of these investigations are currently ongoing which involve undercover officers therefore not all of the details can be disclosed at this time. In July 2023, an undercover officer (UC) contacted a known and identified methamphetamine source of supply who was living in Mexico. The source of supply agreed to sell the UC a pound of methamphetamine in exchange for a quantity of US Currency. The UC was directed to a specific location within Ramsey County where the UC met with an unknown methamphetamine runner. The runner provided the UC with a pound of methamphetamine in exchange for the US Currency. Weeks later, the methamphetamine runner was arrested after a Search Warrant was executed on his / her home in which a large quantity of controlled substances were recovered. In June 2023, the Mounds View Speedway was robbed at gunpoint in which the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. In the days and weeks following the robbery, the Mounds View VCET Investigator worked with the Mounds View General Investigators along with numerous other city, state, and federal Law Enforcement agencies throughout the Twin Cities metro area. During the middle of July, Law Enforcement arrested one of the robbery suspects from other Speedway robberies in the area. Through further investigation, Investigators learned of a second suspect from the Mounds View Speedway Robbery. Ramsey County VCET worked with Mounds View Investigators to locate the suspect in a neighboring city in which he was taken into custody. Mounds View Investigators then spoke with the suspect who confessed to the robbery. The suspect was later charged with 1 st Degree Aggravated Robbery. In August 2023, Ramsey County VCET Investigators conducted a methamphetamine investigation into a known and identified dealer. Investigators obtained probable cause and executed multiple Search Warrants at his / her home and a storage facility. At the completion of the Search Warrant, over $90,000 US Currency was recovered along with a large quantity of methamphetamine.