Large drug operation wraps up in Anderson County
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Posted: 3:12 PM Jul 11, 2008
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CLINTON, Tenn. (WVLT) -- After months of work, an undercover drug bust operation run by Anderson County Sheriff's Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ended Friday.

A grand jury has indicted 36 people on 60 charges. That allows the sheriff's department to serve warrants to the indicted individuals.

The sweep will continue throughout the evening to serve warrants and arrest as many suspects as possible.

All those indicted either allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents or were allegedly in possession of illegal drugs for sale.

Of the 60 charges charges, 15 were for the sale and possession of Oxycontin and 14 were for the sale and possession of methamphetamine.

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Posted by: bill Location: lake city on Jul 14, 2008 at 08:53 PM
aww its election time i see .haha funny the officals only open their eyes near election times when lake city is drowning in drugs everday 24/7 ..took em what 8 months to wrap this up,if they would go to fairgrounds in town they wouldnt need 8 months to catch more than what they caught in this sting wasted tax payer dollars these ppl prob beat the cops back home on bail lol

Posted by: LOUANN Location: UNION COUNTY on Jul 12, 2008 at 06:53 PM
ANDERSON CO. NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP. GOOD JOB FOR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND ALL OTHER ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN-UP

Posted by: haha on Jul 11, 2008 at 11:37 PM
thats what they all get. hope you got plenty that i know

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