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.

Sept. 6, 2007

In Mississippi – Authorities arrested four people on charges of buying materials to manufacture Meth.  When officers stopped the car the suspects were in, they found six boxes of pseudoephedrine pills and lithium batteries.  Two of the suspects were out on bond for felony manufacturing Meth and felony child endangerment while one was out on bond on felony Meth-related charges. 

In North Carolina – 21-people arrested in an undercover operation into a major pipeline of Meth trafficking have pleaded guilty in federal court.  Operation Chameleon was a multi-state, 18-month long sting investigation.  Suspects faced charges ranging from possession to conspiracy to distribute Meth.

In Texas - An appeals court upheld a trial court’s sentence for a 44-year-old man involved in a 2005 Meth.  His 25-year prison sentence for four convictions tied to the Meth operation will stand.  The defendant pleaded guilty to charges of organized criminal activity, possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, possession of chemicals with the intent to manufacture and possession of Meth. His attorney appealed the punishment on the basis that it was “excessive.” Prosecutors say he was one of the main players and a Meth cook in the operation.

In Mississippi - A man who misdialed his phone ended up leading police to a Meth lab.  The suspect was trying to call information to get the number of a TV news station to complain about not getting a FEMA trailer after Hurricane Katrina.  He accidentally dialed 9-1-1 instead of 4-1-1, and hung up on the police dispatcher.  Officers went to the home to ensure everyone at the address was all right, but no one answered when they knocked on the door.  Fearing the worst, deputies broke in and allegedly found a Meth lab.  The 53-year-old man who placed the call and four others were arrested.  All face charges of conspiracy to manufacture Meth.

In Iowa - A federal grand jury indicted nearly two-dozen people accused in a huge Meth ring.  The bust targeted Meth headed for Des Moines.  A U.S. Attorney described the trafficking ring as “A significant Meth supplier. It's a multi-pound a week organization." 22 people were named, including 17 from Mexico who are also accused of being in the country illegally.  Along with a lot of cash, authorities seized 20-pounds of Meth and several guns. 

In Tennessee – Officers with a drug task force arrested three men in connection with a Meth ring.  The suspects face charges of Meth manufacturing after authorities found a Meth lab in one suspect’s parents’ house.  Officers were tipped off to the activity by a pharmacy employee reported the trio were buying excessive amounts of Pseudoephedrine.  A search of the one man’s home turned up an active lab in his bedroom closet. 

In Idaho – A Meth lab bust in two trailer homes turned into a case for the Department of Defense.  In one trailer, officers found a boxed Meth lab.  In the other, they found dynamite, a fuse, and a training device for a claymore mine - similar to a land mine.  The case began when officers got a tip of explosives inside the two trailers.  Authorities evacuated 35 homes as a precaution before attempting to get in to them. A bomb squad removed the explosives and blew up the dynamite.   The Department of Defense is investigating how the mine ended up in the trailer. 

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