District Attorney Jim Martin announces that the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force has been awarded its first round of funding as part of the National High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

In July the county was designated as a member of the Liberty Mid-Atlantic region.

The task force received $150,000 for the Task Force’s fight against drug trafficking and money laundering operations.

The designation will allow Lehigh County to obtain funds to reduce drug production, drug trafficking and drug-related deaths.