Statewide Drug Sweep Nets 757 Arrests, Major Drug Seizures
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Updated: 5:51 PM Mar 8, 2008
Statewide Drug Sweep Nets 757 Arrests, Major Drug Seizures
On Friday, local, state and federal law enforcement officials arrested 757 people in a statewide drug sweep.
Posted: 11:33 AM Mar 8, 2008
Reporter: John Rogers
Email Address: john.rogers@wctv.tv
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On Friday, local, state and federal law enforcement officials arrested 757 people in a statewide drug sweep.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the arrests came during a one-day, proactive, national sweep to fight drugs and related crime.

FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey says, "This is a snapshot of the type and scope of activity that goes on everyday in Florida."

FDLE coordinated the statewide sweep through its Regional Operations Centers, partnering with 72 other local and state law enforcement agencies.

Teams statewide rounded up drug traffickers, executed search warrants and dismantled meth labs during the multi-faceted operation.

This is an overview of Florida's results:

757 arrests
30 search warrants served
31 guns seized
18 drug endangered children encountered
19 vehicles seized

Some of the drugs seized:

156.75lbs. of marijuana
856 marijuana plants
4.71kg of cocaine
908.5g of crack cocaine
670.69g of methamphetamines
143.1g of heroin
19.3g of oxycodone
6g Ecstasy
Assorted quantities of prescription drugs

Currency seized:
$1.16 Million

Latest Comments

Posted by: User Location: Tally on Mar 11, 2008 at 03:30 PM

I have an idea...instead of using tax payer money to bring down people who probably sit in their living room and do their own drug thing...why not use the money to take all illegal immigrants back to their country? the reason those people have to sell drugs probably is because a bunch of illegals took their jobs!!!!!!!!
Posted by: john Location: tallahassee on Mar 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM

red, you probably can get it from (somebody)!! LOL. somebody, the word for today is (ashamed)not chame!Now go write that on the blackboard 250 times!If You love your people so much, get a bus and load them up and all of you go back to mexico!!!We are tired of supporting YOU !
Posted by: A Location: Florida on Mar 11, 2008 at 11:28 AM

Somebody, give it up. You sound ridiculous and john has a point, your writing is very poor. I can just imagine what your english is like.
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