COCAINE, HEROIN, METH, GUNS AND MONEY. ALL PART OF A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THAT HAS LED TO CHARGES AGAINST 16 PEOPLE. THE DRUG TRAFFICKING RING EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
FOURTEEN OF THE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED IN LAS CRUCES AND EL PASO ON WEDNESDAY, THE OTHER TWO WERE ALREADY IN CUSTODY.
OVERALL, THE DRUGS CONFISCATED AMOUNTED TO OVER 19 KILOS. EIGHT VEHICLES AND SEVEN GUNS, ALONG WITH NEARLY 125-THOUSAND DOLLARS, WERE ALSO CONFISCATED.
THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION BEGAN JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.
