INDIANAPOLIS-On Friday, January 13, 2023, IMPD Interdiction Detectives investigation led to a search warrant and the seizure of two packages containing methamphetamines.
IMPD Interdiction detectives along with members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the East District Violence Reduction Team began conducting an investigation in the 200 block of Parkview Ave.
Detectives attempted to conduct a traffic stop at which point the driver, later identified as 25-year-old Zakahia Roney, led officers on a short vehicle pursuit before fleeing from the vehicle on foot. Roney was quickly apprehended by officers. The passenger, 31-year-old Jeffrey Groves was apprehended in the 2900 block of East Michigan St. still in the vehicle.
During the investigation, IMPD Interdiction Detectives with the assistance of an IMPD narcotics K-9 Simon and IMPD narcotics K-9 Jada indicated the presence of narcotics. Detectives applied for a search warrant through the Marion County Prosecutors Office, and it was granted through the courts for the vehicle and the residence on Parkview Ave.
Roney and Groves were arrested for multiple narcotics related charges.
Thanks to the outstanding cooperation between the FBI SSTF, DEA, and the East District Violence Reduction Team, IMPD Criminal Interdiction investigators recovered approximately 90lbs. of methamphetamines during this investigation. This amount has an approximate street value of over 270 thousand dollars.
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Case# IP230004408
