Major drug ring taken down.

Three drug kingpins are among several arrested as the result of a yearlong narcotics investigation stretching across 3 counties and involving 21 agencies. Early morning, Friday, January 29, 2010, members of the Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force executed numerous Search and Seizure Warrants in the Mardela Springs area of Wicomico County, Maryland as well as Dorchester County, Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware. The Warrants stem from a yearlong investigation into a multi-kilogram narcotics distribution network involving the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. As a result of this investigation, arrest warrants were issued and numerous individuals were placed under arrest including: Jameal Rashawn Gould; Aaron Ross; and Anthony Griffin. These three individuals were all charged as drug kingpins amongst other controlled dangerous substance violations.

Execution of the warrants resulted in the seizure of: narcotics; numerous weapons including handguns and shotguns; items from narcotics proceeds; numerous motor vehicles; and in excess of twenty thousand dollars in U.S. currency.

A press conference is scheduled at the Wicomico State’s Attorney’s Office for Wednesday, February 3, 2009 at 2:30pm. All questions regarding these arrests will be discussed at the press conference.

The Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force is comprised of members from the Maryland State Police, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, the Salisbury Police Department, and the Fruitland Police Department and was instituted to deter the growing drug problem in Wicomico County.

During Fridays operation, the Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force was assisted by members of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Salisbury Police Department, the Maryland State Police Barrack, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department, Fruitland Police Department, Ocean City Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Somerset County Narcotics Task Force, Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, Worcester County Narcotics Task Force, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, Dorchester County Narcotics Task Force, Cambridge Police Department, Internal Revenue Service, Caroline County Narcotics Task Force, Georgetown Police Department, Delaware State Police, Laurel Police Department, Princess Anne Police Department and the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Sampson G. Vincent Deputy State’s Attorney
Davis R. Ruark State’s Attorney