<body><div><p>BILOXI, Miss. (KAIT) - The Arkansas State Police’s Interstate Criminal Patrol received recognition this week for its work intercepting illegal drugs.</p><p>ASP won Team of the Year, Officer of the Year, and three individual awards during the annual Gulf Coast High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area awards ceremony held in Biloxi.</p><p>According to a news release, ASP was recognized for seizing $27.7 million worth of illegal drugs during 2023.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1ccw9j_0sWiG5HX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1ccw9j_0sWiG5HX00" width="1300" height="533" ><figcaption>Arkansas State Police’s Interstate Criminal Patrol (ICP) once again dominated the annual Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area awards held earlier this week in Biloxi, Miss., winning three individual awards, Team of the Year and Officer of the Year. (Arkansas State Police)</figcaption></figure><p>Trooper Ana Escamilla won the 2023 Officer of the Year award for 28 drug seizures totaling $5,678,326 and seven currency seizures totaling $610,755.</p><p>Individual award winners included:</p><ul><li>Sergeant Derek Nietert, largest marijuana seizure, 939 pounds</li><li>Trooper Cody Martin, largest cocaine seizure, 145 pounds</li><li>Trooper Escamilla, largest “other dangerous drugs” seizure, 420 bottles of Promethazine (street value $100,800)</li></ul><p>Last year ASP seized more than 10,386 pounds of marijuana, 353 pounds of cocaine, 56 pounds of methamphetamine, 46 pounds of fentanyl, and 21 illegal weapons.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m7kL2tf9EBo?feature=oembed" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p><i>To report a typo or correction, please</i> <i>click here</i><i>.</i></p></div></body>

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BILOXI, Miss. (KAIT) - The Arkansas State Police’s Interstate Criminal Patrol received recognition this week for its work intercepting illegal drugs. ASP won Team of the Year, Officer of the Year, and three individual awards during the annual Gulf Coast High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area awards ceremony held in Biloxi.

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BILOXI, Miss. (KAIT) - The Arkansas State Police’s Interstate Criminal Patrol received recognition this week for its work intercepting illegal drugs. ASP w

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