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| | BIA Special Agents Janis and Redlegs Recognized for Work in Marijuana Eradication on Yakama Nation Reservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Janis, 34, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D., and Redlegs, 38, of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Fort Yates, N.D., were presented with awards by ONDCP Director John Walters at a ceremony here today. |
 | | The marijuana crop, or “grow”, was the largest seized in Washington State history and the fourth largest in U.S. history. |
 | | Agents Redlegs and Janis were part of multi-agency effort led by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Yakima (Wash.) Resident Office and included personnel from the Yakama Nation Tribal Police, the local multi-jurisdictional L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) Task Force, Klickitat County Sheriff’s Department and the Washington State National Guard. |
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