Major Operation with MHP Nets Big Drugs, Money and Arrests

Montana is home to a lot of miles of open road, and there aren't enough troopers to patrol those thousands of miles at every moment of the day.  It makes our state highways an easy target for drug runners or "mules" to try and sneak through without notice.

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However, thanks to those same stretched thin troopers, Montana roadways continue to be safe because of their efforts.  A new operation recently wrapped up with the Patrol in South Central Montana with huge results that prove their tactics are making mules think twice about traveling in our state.

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Major Operation with MHP Nets Big Drugs, Money and Arrests

During the week of October 7-14, 2025, the Montana Highway Patrol in cooperation with the United States Border Patrol and Air National Guard Counterdrug aviation conducted an interdiction operation in Butte.

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In trying to combat crime and remove illicit drugs from the community, troopers and agents made several major busts netting large amounts of drugs and money:

• Nearly 25 grams of fentanyl powder
• 11 pounds of methamphetamine
• 260 pounds of marijuana
• over $75,000 of illicit money

The combined agencies also made 39 arrests during the week in Butte.

MHP Has Another Busy Weekend Patrolling Missoula

In a separate operation with MHP, the Strategic Enforcement Traffic Team (SETT) division canvassed Missoula to "crack down on drunk and drugged drivers."  The team worked through the long holiday weekend with troopers making:

• 260 traffic stops
• 39 arrests
• 63 speeding violations
• 26 seatbelt tickets