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On Thursday, December 23, 2021, at approximately 0630 hours, Phillips County Dispatch was notified by US Border Patrol that a breach of the border at the Port of Morgan had occurred and they were requesting assistance from the Phillips County Sheriff's Office. Deputy Taylor Matthews and Sheriff Jerry Lytle responded to the incident. USBP Agent Branham, the Malta Border Patrol Station Agent in Charge (PAIC), was also responding and made contact with the suspect vehicle near the intersection of...
On Friday, October 1, 2021, a joint drug interdiction operation was conducted involving members of the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, Montana Motor Carrier Services, Montana Highway Patrol, and a K-9 unit with the US Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks. A traffic stop resulted in the use of the K-9 dog and the seizure of the vehicle pending a search warrant to search for illicit drugs. The vehicle was stopped by Montana Highway Patrol Troopers on highway US 191 South, while on the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge. The investigation is o...