The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Section reports the seizure of drugs with a street value of $12,356,283.45 during the last year (2009). The seizures were of such drugs as marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin,
MDMA, Psilocybin, Oxycodone, Aderall, Percocet, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, Methadone, Diazepam, Duragesis and Meperdine.

During this same period, the Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Section took cash and property from the drug dealers amounting to $628,639.04. This amount includes $421,061.04 in US Currency. Sheriff BJ Barnes states: “Taking this amount of drugs and drug money off the street makes a large impact on the drug dealers in our area. I’m very proud of the men and women of the Vice and Narcotics section. Though they are understaffed, their efforts make a difference in our Sheriff’s Office and to our community.

During my terms as Sheriff, through their efforts, they have confiscated $3,114,788.76 that has been turned over to the Sheriff’s Office to help fight crime. This is money the taxpayer did not pay, money used to buy equipment such as computers, surveillance equipment, bulletproof vests, drug sniffing dogs, vehicles and drug education programs for our kids. These expenditures amount to $2,519,832.67 of confiscated drug money given us by the court to protect the citizens of Guilford County and we will continue to penalize the drug dealer by taking their goods and money for the benefit of our citizens.”

For additional information, contact Sheriff BJ Barnes at 641‐3694.