Vernon News

Florida Panhandle deputies and investigators helped put a big dent in a Mexico-based drug cartel that was allegedly using three houses in Washington County, Fla., as a base to distribute marijuana all across the state.

Another man was arrested Wednesday in connection to a drug distribution ring after K-9 search units from three local prisons.

Twelve men suspected of being involved in a multi-state drug distribution organization were charged in U.S. District Court after they were arrested by federal agents in a bust that resulted in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, dozens of guns and more than one ton of marijuana.