POLK COUNTY, FL — (01-28-22) — Using LGBT dating apps over the past six-months, Polk County police have targeted and arrested over 60 Gay men looking for sex and drugs online.
Florida authorities admitted this week that they utilized LGBTQ+ dating apps to make over 60 drug-related arrests over the past 6 months.
During the six-month sting operation conducted by Polk County authorities called “Swipe Left for Meth,” undercover detectives used dating apps Grindr and Scruff to target gay men looking for sex.
According to police, they said this lead to a number of people suspected of buying and selling drugs online. The operation resulted in 60 arrests, and detectives have say they have obtained warrants for at least eight other suspects.
Polk County Police released the following:
“Detectives during the investigation filed 159 total felony charges and 72 misdemeanor charges against the suspects, who, altogether, have 908 previous charges, including 453 prior felonies and 455 prior misdemeanors.”
“We’ve known for some time that suspects will use the Internet and social media to prey upon children online, or to engage in prostitution, but this is something we are seeing more and more of in Polk County – suspects who are using dating apps to sell illegal narcotics,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in the press release.
Judd later added during a press conference that as suspects are “getting more creative,” so too are detectives, who were able to decipher the meaning behind code words and emojis used by dealers to conceal their sales.
Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer
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