Chesco DA's Office Wins National Drug Investigation Award

From left: Chester County Detective Sergeant Robert J. Dougherty, Chester County District Attorney Thomas P. Hogan, and Jeremiah A. Daley, executive director of Philadelphia-Camden HIDTA. (Photo courtesy of the Chester County District Attorney’s Office)

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The Chester County District Attorney’s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Strike Force on Thursday was honored with a national drug investigation award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

The award recognized the HIDTA’s work on Operation Telaraña, which dismantled a Mexican drug-trafficking organization in Southern Chester County, the District Attorney’s Office said.

“I have always said that Chester County law enforcement is among the finest in the nation,” District Attorney Thomas P. Hogan said Friday. “It is gratifying to see our law-enforcement colleagues agree. This is a proud moment for Chester County.”

The HIDTA program is administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and is one of 28 such programs throughout the country, the District Attorney’s Office said.

Multiple law-enforcement agencies had a role in Operation Telaraña, including:

• Chester County Detectives
• DEA
• HSI
• Pennsylvania State Police
• Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
• Pennsylvania National Guard
• Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
• Berks County District Attorney’s Office
• Oxford Borough Police Department
• Kennett Square Police Department
• Coatesville Police Department
• West Chester Borough Police Department

“Operation Telaraña was a model of law enforcement cooperation and coordination,” Hogan said. “No single agency could have run this operation successfully, from gathering the initial leads all the way through the final arrests. But working together, we were an unstoppable force, destroying a long-standing and sophisticated drug operation. We will continue to work together to keep Chester County safe.”

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