Particular operation forces troopers questioned throughout Bragg drug probe

FORT BRAGG — Greater than a dozen U.S. Army Particular Operations Command troopers have been apprehended and questioned final week as a part of an investigation alleging drug involvement, officers mentioned.  

All 15 troopers assigned underneath USASOC have been questioned and launched to their command, whereas two of the 15 have been “cleared of any wrongdoing,” mentioned Lt. Col. Michael Burns, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Particular Operations Command.  

The U.S. Army Particular Operations Command is the upper headquarters for the Army’s Special Forces troopers, Army particular operation forces and troopers in help models.  

“(The Army Legal Investigation Division’s) investigation is ongoing, and it might be inappropriate to debate the standing of their investigation,” Burns mentioned. “All troopers have the appropriate to due course of, together with the presumption of innocence underneath the Uniform Code of Army Justice. 

No arrests or prices have been filed presently.  

The troopers have been apprehended by the Division of the Army Legal Investigation Division “as a part of its ongoing efforts to establish and mitigate using unlawful narcotics,” CID officers mentioned in an announcement.