MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project. 
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
u   Increase awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and distribution;
u Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
u Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.

March 29, 2007

In Nevada Five people landed in jail, each charged with trafficking Meth.    Undercover officers bought more than 83-grams of Meth, some times near a park, during the six-week investigation. The four men and one woman face multiple charges.  One transaction alone involved more than 28-grams of Meth, making it a category A felony punishable by imprisonment for life with the possibility of parole after 10 years; or a definite term of 25 years with parole eligibility after 10 years, and a fine of not more than $500,000

In California Police nabbed three people on suspicion of drug charges following two unrelated cases.  A 25-year-old man was pulled over because the truck he was driving had a broken windshield.  Officers found a black plastic case behind the driver’s seat, containing two baggies of crystal Meth and a glass pipe.  The driver and his 26-year-old passenger were both arrested.  Neither of them claimed ownership of the Meth.  In a separate incident, a 44-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession of Meth and drug paraphernalia, driving while unlicensed and driving with expired registration. She was pulled over when an officer saw her driving a pickup with expired registration. A search turned up a small amount of Meth and a glass pipe.  The woman told officers the items were not hers, and that she found them in the garage of her home. She claims she placed them in her purse to keep them away from her children.

In Indiana Police discovered a Meth lab in the office of an attorney who was recently sentenced to a drug treatment program. The 30-year-old man now faces drug charges after police raided his home office.  He was arrested in a traffic stop as police were in the process of obtaining a search warrant for his office and home. He told officers there was nothing dangerous in his home or office.  He was sentenced to the drug treatment program earlier this year after being convicted on a misdemeanor charge. He had been arrested in 2006 when police found him outside a home where a Meth lab was discovered.

In Idaho Sheriff's deputies pulled over a 43-year-old man during a routine traffic stop and found him in possession of Meth and drug paraphernalia.  He is facing several charges including felony manufacturing, delivering and possession of a controlled substance. 

 In Arizona Officers discovered about 19 grams of Meth in an apartment.  A 27-year-old woman was arrested after police served the search warrant at her home.  Two children were turned over to relatives.

In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  A kilogram of Meth for a member of the Hells Angels was dropped on the counter of a deli in a mall in September 2004 by a police agent who infiltrated the biker gang.  The officer revealed that information during a trial. He also described the calls, meetings and text messages he had in August and September that year with the accused trafficker and others allegedly involved in selling Meth linked to the Hells Angels.  Two people were charged after a massive undercover operation that culminated in a police raid on two Hells Angels clubhouses and the arrest of 18 people, including six full-patch members. 

In Tennessee A man authorities describe as the cooker for a large Meth operation received a prison sentence of nine years in prison.  He was one of four people arrested during the raid on a major Meth lab in 2005. 

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