West Tenn. Drug Task Force Awards Luncheon

May 6, 2021 – The annual recognition luncheon of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force (WTDTF) will be held Friday at Bellevue Baptist Church at 2000 Appling Road in Cordova.

The WTDTF’s Interdiction Unit will be honored with a Joint Resolution from the Tennessee Senate for being named the 2020 Team of the Year by the six-state Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (GCHIDTA).

The nine members of the team that patrols I-40 in Shelby, Fayette and Haywood counties conducted more than 140 stops resulting in a number of significant seizures with a total street value of more than $100 million. The seizures included marijuana, heroin, Fentanyl, and other dangerous drugs, as well as U.S. currency.

Another Senate Resolution will recognize WTDTF Agent Michael Thomas, who is assigned from the Memphis Police Department, for the year’s largest dangerous drug seizure in the GCHIDTA - 8.8 pounds of Fentanyl.

“Everything these officers do saves lives in Tennessee,” said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich, chairman of the WTDTF board of directors. “Their daily mission is removing deadly drugs and criminals from our streets.”

The WTDF operates by joint agreement of Tennessee’s 28th, 29th and 30th Judicial Districts, and also includes members assigned from Fayette County (of the 25th Judicial District) and Haywood County Sheriff’s Offices, and Memphis, Germantown and Oakland Police Departments, said Director Johnie Carter.