Cops use gay dating apps to bust 68 drug dealers in 'Swipe Left For Meth' operation
cops used gay dating apps to bust 68 alleged drug dealers in an operation dubbed 'Swipe Left for Meth'. The sting lasted six months, with detectives finding it "relatively easy" to find dealers on Grindr, Scruff and Taimi.
Cops from Polk County Sheriff's Department in Florida, US, launched the operation in July last year after receiving an anonymous tip about drugs being sold openly on the apps.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said on Thursday: "It was a shock to us that they were openly advertising."Can you believe this?
They were openly advertising that they were selling dope on dating apps."It resulted in the seizure of 280 grams of methamphetamine, 130 Ecstasy (MDMA) pills, 645 grams of weed, 28 grams of magic mushrooms, three grams of cocaine, one gram of LSD and roughly one-and-a-half grams of fentanyl.
