Undercover detectives assigned to the department’s eight precincts charged 80 persons this week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.
Midtown Hills Precinct detectives charged 3 persons as the result of investigations on Old Hickory Boulevard, Nolensville Pike, Edmondson Pike, and Martin Street. Detectives seized one pound of marijuana and two pills.
South Precinct detectives charged 22 persons as the result of investigations on Tanglewood Court, Wallace Road, Bell Trace Circle, Ransom Place, Haywood Lane, Murfreesboro Pike, and West Oak Highland Drive. Detectives seized 3.5 grams of cocaine, .3 gram of MDMA, eight ounces of marijuana, one suboxone tablet, and two guns.
Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Bluebird Drive, Stewart’s Ferry Pike, Priest Lake Drive, Central Pike, Old Hickory Boulevard, Bell Road, Lincoya Bay Drive, and Nashboro Boulevard. Detectives seized five grams of heroin, three grams of cocaine, and three grams of methamphetamine.
West Precinct detectives charged 6 persons as the result of investigations on 52nd and 44th Avenues North, Stacy Drive, and Woodmont Boulevard. Detectives seized 6.6 grams of heroin, 1.6 grams of methamphetamine, ten pills, one handgun, and $1,160 cash.
North Precinct detectives charged 8 persons as the result of investigations on Brick Church Pike, Trinity Lane, Twin Oaks Drive, 16th Avenue North, Cockrill Street, Buchanan Street, and Clarksville Pike. Detectives seized 40 grams of cocaine, 142 grams of methamphetamine, 2.6 grams of heroin, 22 grams of marijuana, one vehicle, one rifle, and $100 cash.
Madison Precinct detectives charged 5 persons as the result of investigations on Kate Street, Creekwood Avenue, Milliken Drive, Coreland Drive, and Larkin Springs Road. Detectives seized nine pills, five grams of MDA, two grams of heroin, and six grams of methamphetamine.
East Precinct detectives charged 8 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Trinity Lane, Gallatin Pike, and Joyce Lane. Detectives seized eleven grams of heroin, 11.3 grams of methamphetamine, .6 gram of cocaine, one ecstasy pill, and $735 cash.
Central Precinct detectives charged 12 persons as the result of investigations on 2nd Avenue South, Middleton Street, 6th Avenue South, and Lafayette Street. Detectives seized seven grams of marijuana and two grams of cocaine.
Citizens suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.