Narcotics Bureau

The Narcotics Unit directs enforcement efforts toward criminal drug organizations in the Tampa Bay area. Several organizations have been disbanded and/or disrupted. Additionally, members from the Narcotics Unit work with various agencies including the DEA, FBI and US Customs.

These detectives track the flow of illegal drugs from other countries into the United States and
finally Tampa. They conduct long-term investigations that target every level of drug organizations
from major traffickers to mid-level distributors and street level dealers. Narcotic detectives work
closely with federal investigators from the DEA, FBI and Immigration Customs Enforcement. This
unit has also successfully prosecuted countless cases through a federal program called HIDTA,
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program.

Narcotics detectives seized $84,960,200 in illegal drugs in 2006.

• The Gang Suppression Unit works closely with Narcotic’s Detectives. These officers gather
  intelligence and then dismantle criminal street gangs.

• The Firearms Investigation Unit traces guns to help connect and ultimately solve crimes.
  These officers also promote firearm safety through a variety of community programs.

• The Narcotics Unit is responsible for the enforcement those applicable laws pertaining to narcotics and dangerous drugs, the latent investigations of organized crime groups and criminal enterprises engaged in narcotics trafficking. The Unit also gathers and disseminates pertinent information concerning narcotics to divisions within the Tampa Police Department and other agencies.