St. Bernard Drug Round-Up

Posted: October 27th, 2016 | Filed under: SBSO News

St. Bernard Sherif's deputies approach a house on Tara Drive in Violet at the beginning of a round- up of alleged drug dealers.

St. Bernard Sherif’s deputies approach a house on Tara Drive in Violet at the beginning of a round- up of alleged drug dealers.

Sheriff’s Office rounding up people they have arrest warrants for who sold narcotics during an undercover operation

Agents with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division began Thursday morning rounding up more than 20 men wanted on warrants for selling narcotics during a months- long undercover investigation primarily in the Violet area, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The arrests involve distribution of crack cocaine and heroin, the sheriff said.

The undercover operation began after the Sheriff’s Office began receiving information about an uptick in the dealing of crack cocaine, which had been rare for a while, Sheriff Pohlmann said.