Methamphetamine and other controlled substances seized by Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force

Karl Joseph Kagey. Photo / RSW Regional Jail

Photo courtesy of Virginia State Police

On January 26, the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force received credible information that Karl Joseph Kagey, 67, of Timberville, VA, was residing at the Budget Inn Motel located at 2192 Old Valley Pike, New Market, VA. Last year, Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force officers purchased an amount of methamphetamine from Kagey during a controlled purchase operation. As a result, Kagey had an outstanding warrant for drug distribution in Shenandoah County. Additionally, task force officer’s learned Kagey had a large quantity of methamphetamine in his possession inside the motel room. Task force officer’s obtained and executed a search warrant at Kagey’s motel room. Karl Joseph Kagey was arrested without incident.

During a search of Kagey’s motel room, approximately 241 grams of Methamphetamine with a street value of $10,200.00, 100 Xanax pills and 15 Clonazepam pills with a street value of $2,100.00, 3 grams of MDMA with a street value of $300.00, 2 doses of LSD with a street value of $20.00, and $1,900.00 was seized. Karl Joseph Kagey was transported to RSW jail and charged with Distribution of a Schedule I/II Controlled Substance. The Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force was assisted by the New Market Police Department, and the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.

The Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force is comprised of law enforcement personnel from Clarke, Frederick, Page and Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Departments, Front Royal, Luray, Strasburg, and Winchester Police Departments and the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Culpeper Field Office.