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Subscribe to RSSDENVER -- Seventy-five people were arrested and 18 more were being sought Thursday in what Colorado authorities described as the largest drug bust in the state’s history.
In a series of raids conducted by more than 500 agents and officers, authorities seized 11 weapons, including assault rifles and handguns, $415,140 in cash, and more 26,000 grams of cocaine, 1,000 grams of crack and a pound of methamphetamine.
Among those arrested were 25 alleged gang members and associates who have also been charged in connection with 16 violent "take-over" bank robberies in Colorado, authorities said.
Twelve children were removed from homes where agents say drugs, guns and cash were stored.
Several of those arrested made their first court appearances Thursday and were advised of their rights. They will be arraigned next week.
The arrests are a culmination of four separate crime investigations that agents noticed were overlapping with the common goal of drug trafficking.
“Today our streets are safer, and the drug trade in Colorado has suffered a massive blow,” U.S. Attorney John Wlash said in a press release.
He called the arrests the largest drug bust in Colorado history.
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Good jobs, well done. Got the bad guys and the bad stuff. Keep up with the good works.
And it also means the drug lords' feet are extended to there.
All this does is play Whack-A-Mole.
You knock one down and another one pops up.
There's too much money to be made in the black markets so this will continue ad infinitum.
LEGALIZE and TAX NOW !!
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The anti-drug Nazi's refuse to allow Americans to be free adults. Give them a quantity, quality and safety/health statement and let them be free to ingest any thing they want too. Stop making war against our own citizens! The drug war is lost and never should have been waged as it is a moral abomination on the human basic freedom to fail.
Great job!!! I now hope that they will publish the names of all thoses involved. Why, for the same reason they publish the names of sex offfenders...
VERY Good Idea!!!
this would never happen in miami dade here police are the criminals
Only 11 guns? Cocaine, meth AND crack, I can't believe it. Must have been at a assisted living/retirement home.
11 guns does not seem all that 'impressive', does it? But at least it is 11 probably illegal guns, off the streets.
Chalk one up for the "Good Guys"!
100 more illegals will take their place tomorrow. Denver's a sanctuary city.
Bravo and props and such :)
Good.The more hippies in jail,the better.GO DEA!
Hippies. You're funny. And waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off base.
These were gang members. Not pot smoking hippies waiting for the next Phish or Panic tour.
I applaud this too. Crack, coke, and meth are the WORST and destroy lives.
This tells us humans did a thing.Thanks for all the info
I applaud the fact that 75 bad guys are arrested and 18 more sought, for our streets will be a bit safer but please, get real! Over 500 agents and officers and only a few weapons recovered and only 26 kilos of cocaine, 1 kilo of crack and 1 pound of meth. This is NOT a major amount and the resources of over 500 professionals were used. It seems that this announcement is more of a public relations ploy, like tooting your own horn to justify your budget. Better than nothing but not a headline event.
A thought passes through my mind.
Mindless mothers, that allow their children to be part of that life.
Where do you think the fathers are, Tumbleweed?
In a drug infested environment, I'd venture to say, who the hell knows. But I do get your point.
Denver was more than a mile high city.