🌱 How a Granite Falls traffic stop exposed a larger meth operation
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- How a Granite Falls traffic stop exposed a larger meth operation
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📰 News we're reading
• Granite Falls Woman Sentenced In Meth Trafficking Case (860wacb.com) — A Granite Falls resident has been sentenced to nearly six years in state prison after a traffic stop on Duke Street uncovered about 40 grams of meth, tying into a larger trafficking investigation. Local and county law enforcement agencies in and around Granite Falls coordinated on the case, and another Granite Falls co-defendant has already received an active prison term. 
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