Valdosta police captain retires after 42 years
Good News: Valdosta police captain retires after 42 years By Whitney Argenbright | January 5, 2021 at 5:33 PM EST - Updated January 5 at 8:04 PM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Valdosta Police Department (VPD) is recognizing one of its own, Captain Donald Baldwin.
Baldwin announced his retirement this week after 42 years of service with the VPD.
Baldwin started off as a patrolman in November of 1978.
Over the years, he worked as a patrol sergeant, a lieutenant and captain over the VPD’s Training Unit.
The department said Baldwin was also one of the founding members of its Tactical Operations Unit.
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Updated: 19:41, 16 December 2020
A driver caught with 12 kilos of cannabis worth £180,000 in his van has been jailed.
Officers uncovered 12 vacuum-packed bags of the Class B drug when they stopped Julian Muca, 25, near Ashford.
Julian Muca has been jailed
Muca, of no fixed address, has since admitted possession of cannabis with intent to supply and was jailed for 15 months at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday December 1.
Officers from Tactical Operations spotted the Ford Transit between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 on the afternoon of Wednesday October 14.
The vehicle had been linked to drug dealing in the area and was stopped and searched in Chart Road after it exited the motorway.
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