EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- The mission to get drugs off the streets is in high gear this year with multiple arrests already made in Evangeline Parish. Sheriff Charles Guillory said the work has only just begun.

"Drugs of course is always on the top of my list," Guillory said. "Illegal drug trafficking leads to all kinds of crimes, and probably about 95% of the crimes that occur in Evangeline Parish are drug-related."

With drug prevention being his top priority, Guillory said narcotics agents performed three successful drug busts in the first three weeks of the year.

These opperations lead to three arrest and the seizing of nearly 500 grams of marijuana.

Alarming amounts of methamphetamine were found in these busts, and Guillory said the drug is becoming more common in the parish.

"Meth is probably the biggest one," Guillory said. "Even last night we made two more drug arrests with meth. I saw one of the local sheriff's, my adjoining sheriff, they had about 25 pounds of meth. As long as there's money, they're not going to stop. That's the bad thing."

However, as the arrests continue to take place, Guillory said offering help to those using the drugs is just as important as getting the drugs off the streets.

Guillory said he speaks with each inmate and offers to help them find the path to recovery if they chose.

"If you can save one even, it means something, cause you're trying to break that circle," Guillory said. "It's just one of those things that it's hard to shake that addiction, buy you can't give up. And we're not going to give up."

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