SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - At Salt Lake's main library, this summer's hottest read may be weed.
Sgt. Robin Snyder, SLCPD, tells ABC 4, "We received complaints from citizens that there was drug dealing going on. So officers went over there investigated it and decided to conduct an undercover investigation."
In just the last 2 weeks, those undercover officers have made ten drug arrests, about one pot bust a day.
And Snyder says, "If you are dealing marijuana, that makes it a felony."
Police also say the drug deals were made both in the library lobby and in the library’s downstairs area.
All right across from city hall.
Snyder says, "It’s unacceptable to us to have to deal with drug dealing anywhere but especially in a public library."
While crack cocaine still sells several blocks away at Pioneer Park, the number of calls to police there is going down.
But at the library, cop calls are on the rise, some now about marijuana.
Snyder says, “It's a different crowd and a different drug."
Police and library officials met about the pot problem last week and may do so again shortly.
Their goal is to make sure trips to one of Utah's top tourist spots are made without drugs.
Snyder says, "Families want to go there with their kids and take them inside and they shouldn't have to worry about running into drug dealers."
Salt Lake Police make no secret of the fact they want to continue their undercover drug work there.
And if the cops catch anyone else selling pot at the library - they'll book ‘em.
