(CBS DETROIT) –Detroit is the bullseye for law enforcement in Tennessee as part of an effort to stop the flow of deadly drugs from the metro to neighboring states.
They're calling it the "313 Initiative."
Charme Allen, the district attorney for Knox County Tennessee, said Friday they've known for a while now that most of their drugs come from Detroit, so they're now pooling resources to more arrests.
"Many individuals that we have charges against here in the East Tennessee area are Detroit residents," Allen said.
It's a pattern that Allen and her law enforcement partners began to notice around 2015; since then, it's only picked up.
According to Allen, Detroit is the hub of a drug trafficking pipeline serving West Virginia, Kentucky and East Tennessee.
The demand now is higher than ever.
"We have an addiction problem here in the Appalachian region, we have a lot of people who are struggling with addiction, and so I think that we are a ripe market," Allen told CBS News Detroit.
The 313 initiative involves creating a database to help make more arrests through traffic stops and search warrants.
"We are only allowed to prosecute cases that happen within our judicial district," Allen said. "With this type of drug activity, obviously county lines mean nothing to criminals and to drug dealers. So what's happening is the flow of drugs is crossing all these county lines."
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