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Further investigation continues into the Minnesota Source of Supply. <br /> During the month of September 2024, Investigators were conducting surveillance of a <br /> known narcotic stash hour in the Twin Cities. Investigators observed a suspected <br /> customer arrive at the house for mere minutes before parting way. Investigators <br /> followed the suspected customer out of the Twin Cities where a traffic stop was <br /> conducted. At the completion of the traffic stop, nearly six ounces of cocaine was <br /> recovered from the suspect and vehicle. <br /> During the month of September 2024, DEA conducted multiple undercover controlled <br /> purchases of large quantities of cocaine through the use of confidential informants. On <br /> both dates, the informants contacted their source of supply and negotiated the drug <br /> deal. Law enforcement then followed the informant to the deal location where the drug <br /> deal was completed. search warrants were later executed which led to the discovery of <br /> large quantities of controlled substances, money, and firearms. <br /> Since at least 2019, numerous law enforcement agencies in the Twin Cities metro area <br /> were investigating Clinton Ward for trafficking narcotics until his eventual arrest in <br /> March 2024. After being arrested with eight pounds of methamphetamine in 2019, <br /> Ward fled to Mexico where he aligned himself with Mexican Cartels to traffic narcotics <br /> back to Minnesota. Over 1,600 pounds of methamphetamine were seized by law <br /> enforcement over the years along with kilo quantities of fentanyl and cocaine. <br /> Ward was eventually tracked down to a city in Mexico where American and Mexican law <br /> enforcement worked together to place him under arrest. In August 2024, Minnesota and <br /> Arizona law enforcement conducted numerous search warrants in which 15 co- <br /> conspirators of Ward were also placed under arrest for the possession and sale of <br /> controlled substances. <br /> Ward remains in custody while his case proceeds through the criminal justice system. <br /> RL , <br /> � .rx yy-+ 'ti,s_' �,-a/ � � -4 ��j,S.iKi. �4 - Y - 'Y-.��•' i <br /> f, <br /> t <br /> y <br />