FEDERAL AGENTS ARREST 10 OUT OF 12 PEOPLE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION RING THAT MOVED POT FROM EL PASO, THROUGH ROSWELL THEN ON TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS. THREE OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED ARE FROM ROSWELL. SEARCH WARRANTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN SIX TEXAS RESIDENCES AND ONE IN NEW MEXICO.
THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. ON MONDAY, AGENTS SEIZED AROUND 40 POUNDS OF POT, ALONG WITH 70-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH, 14 VEHICLES AND 16 FIREARMS.
