Tempe PD: 80 dealers, 30 pounds of meth off the streets
Reported by: Allison Dugaw
Email: adugaw@abc15.com
Last Update: 2:12 pm

More than 80 suspected drug dealers were arrested Monday after a year long investigation by Tempe police.

The department’s Special Investigation Unit, worked with the DEA and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, enforcing several areas in Tempe, Mesa and Phoenix over the past year.

The focus of the investigation was to identify and apprehend dealers of methamphetamines using undercover operations, according to a Thursday news release.

Officers say the investigation targeted small drug dealers, mid-level suppliers, and drug traffickers in Mexico.

Thirty pounds of methamphetamines, 12 vehicles, 3 guns and $490,000 in cash were also seized by police.



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