UNET | Drug Task Force | Rapid City Police

Rapid City Police
Non-Emergency
(605) 394-4131

Emergency: 911

Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team (UNET)

Supervisor Special Agent Pat West and Pennington County Sheriff’s Sergeant Mark Hughes currently supervise a multi-agency drug task force known as the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team (UNET). The Rapid City Police Department is one of several agencies that make up the UNET, which is operated as part of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI). Other agencies that make up the UNET include the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the South Dakota National Guard.

The UNET’S primary responsibility is the investigation of all drug related offences in the area. Local agency members of the UNET are all sworn Special Assistants to the Attorney General and have statewide jurisdiction. The team will generally work in the Pennington, Fall River, Custer, and Meade county areas.

The UNET’S aggressive stance on drug enforcement has been effective in the seizure of large quantities of marijuana, crystal methamphetamine, and other controlled drugs and the subsequent arrests and convictions of numerous drug offenders in the area.

Members of the UNET may also be called upon to assist with murder investigations, murder-for-hire investigations, and undercover assignments.

2010 UNET Statistics:

Executed 83 drug related search warrants
Involved in the seizure of 412,955 grams of B.C. Bud Marijuana
Involved in the seizure of 9,882 grams of ICE
Involved in the seizure of 30,292 grams of Cocaine HCL
Involved in the seizure of 242 grams of Psilocybin Mushrooms
Identified and disrupted/dismantled 13 Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO)
Seized $576,714 in currency and $123,270 in property

If you have a tip or concern about drug activity in your neighborhood, contact UNET at 394-1884.

Rapid City Police Department
300 Kansas City St, Suite 200, Rapid City, SD 57701-2890
Non-Emergency: 605-394-4131 Emergency: 911

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