Drug Agents had Record Month for Seized Firearms in Southwestern Pa.

Attorney General Dave Sunday joined law enforcement partners to announce an increase in firearms seizures in January by Office of Attorney General narcotics agents in southwestern Pennsylvania, illustrating the increased risks posed to police by drug traffickers.

The Office of Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, assisted by federal, state, and local partners, seized 41 firearms in Pennsylvania's Region 5 last month during the course of drug trafficking investigations. Agents believe that to be a single-month high in Region 5, which includes Allegheny, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties.

In those investigations, agents also seized more than 12 pounds of cocaine, a pound of crack cocaine, and more than 63,000 doses of fentanyl, along with quantities of heroin and marijuana.