U.S. Rep. Pete
Visclosky, D-1st, is welcoming the decision to add LaPorte County and Marion
County to the Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
“I am proud to have
worked since day one to secure and support a federal HIDTA designation for
Lake County, and the subsequent addition of Porter County,” Visclosky said.
“I am pleased today that by expanding the Lake County HIDTA to include
LaPorte and Marion Counties, we will be able to further improve our ability
to regionally coordinate federal funding and intelligence resources to
address the transportation corridors of drug traffickers and keep our
communities safe.”
A HIDTA designation
makes federal funds and other resources available for targeted and
cooperative interdiction operations.