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Updated at 10:08 p.m., Thursday, July 24, 2008

Big Island officer honored for drug bust

Advertiser Staff

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Aloha Exchange Club president Winston Churchill, left, with "Officer of the Month" Dominic Uyetake.

Courtesy of Hawai‘i County police

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Dominic Uyetake was honored today as Big Island police "Officer of the Month" for June by the Aloha Exchange Club of Hilo.

Uyetake, a vice officer and member of the Ice Task Force, was cited for his investigative efforts that led to a June 4 raid on an Orchidland Estates residence. Five people were arrested and police seized 113 grams of crystal methamphetamine and $2,600 cash.

threcognized Vice Officer Dominic Uyetake on Thursday (July 24) as "Officer of the Month" for June.

Uyetake, who is a member of the Ice Task Force, was honored for his efforts that led to arrests and the recovery of methamphetamine from a house in . The house had been the subject of neighborhood complaints about heavy vehicular traffic and suspected drug dealing.

Uyetake's investigation over several months resulted in a search warrant that officers executed on June 4. They found 113 grams of methamphetamine and $2,600 in cash, which was seized for forfeiture. One of five people arrested was charged with first-degree meth trafficking.

An additional suspect was located, arrested and charged with meth trafficking a week later.

Lt. Samuel Jelsma said it was Uyetake's "diligence and continued efforts" that resolved both a public complaint about a drug house and led to a sizeable recovery of methamphetamines.