A combined drug task force investigation led to the arrest and prosecution of a Gainesville cocaine trafficker.
Reginald White, 31, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday after he pled guilty to charges including the sale and trafficking of cocaine. His Jan. 31 arrest came after a three-month investigation involving Gainesville Police and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
The task force and GPD’s SWAT team seized 17.1 ounces of cocaine, three pounds of marijuana and $30,000 in cash from White’s residence at 4215 SW 22nd Lane, apartment 131. Between controlled narcotics purchases from White and the products obtained through the search warrant, officers seized a half kilogram of cocaine during the entire investigation.
White has been in prison twice before for drug charges — once for marijuana charges and once for cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charges.
“I’m proud that our Drug Task Force has delivered another blow to the drug dealers of Alachua County,” GPD spokesman Ben Tobias said in a press release. “Our citizens may not hear about the work of the Task Force each day, but can trust that they are working extremely hard to keep dangerous drugs off our streets.”
[A version of this story ran on page 1 on 9/30/2014]
