Balch Springs marshals join DEA in operation that recovered about 90 kilos of meth; two arrests reported in unsheltered-camp sweeps

Balch Springs public safety officials on March 24 described a multi-agency drug operation in late February that led to the seizure of a large quantity of methamphetamine and the arrest of at least one person, and they reported arrests tied to two unsheltered encampments.

Chief Kevin Nance told the council that on Feb. 27 federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents asked for assistance from the Balch Springs Marshals Office as part of surveillance of a Cheyenne Road residence near the Dallas border. After an earlier traffic stop produced about 10 kilograms of meth and a driver who said the drugs came from the Cheyenne Road address, Balch Springs marshals conducted a traffic stop on a separate vehicle on Dowdy Lane that contained another roughly 5 kilograms. A search warrant at the Cheyenne Road property uncovered about 90…