(AP) – Dozens of people have been charged with gun and drug
crimes by federal and state agencies in east Arkansas after a two-year
investigation to address violence in the area.Authorities on Tuesday announced the unsealing of 25 federal indictments
charging 43 defendants in an operation aimed at curbing drug trafficking and
drug violence in West Memphis and Crittenden County. Including defendants
charged in state court, law enforcement obtained arrest warrants for 50
defendants and arrested 26 people early Tuesday morning. Eleven defendants were
already in state custody, while 13 remain at large, prosecutors said.
crimes by federal and state agencies in east Arkansas after a two-year
investigation to address violence in the area.Authorities on Tuesday announced the unsealing of 25 federal indictments
charging 43 defendants in an operation aimed at curbing drug trafficking and
drug violence in West Memphis and Crittenden County. Including defendants
charged in state court, law enforcement obtained arrest warrants for 50
defendants and arrested 26 people early Tuesday morning. Eleven defendants were
already in state custody, while 13 remain at large, prosecutors said.
Most of the defendants are residents of West Memphis and most of the federal
defendants are convicted felons. Those arrested Tuesday will be arraigned in
federal court in Little Rock beginning Thursday morning.
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