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Operation “Money Don’t Sleep” Leads to Multiple Arrests in West Memphis
WEST MEMPHIS—A major arrest operation took place this morning in West Memphis when 22 were arrested as part of a federal drug investigation. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Cody Hiland and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Justin King of the DEA Little Rock Field Office announced today’s arrests.
Operation “Money Don’t Sleep,” run by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, is an ongoing investigation focused on lowering violent crime that stems from the distribution of illegal drugs. The goal of the operation is to identify and dismantle multiple drug trafficking organizations that distribute cocaine and methamphetamine.
Today’s arrests conclude the second phase of the investigation that was initiated in 2015 by the DEA Little Rock District Office and the West Memphis Police Department. The first phase of “Money Don’t Sleep” previously resulted in the arrests of 50 defendants in July 2017. With those drug traffickers removed, new distributors emerged to fill the void left in the drug market, leading to this morning’s arrests.
Law enforcement began early this morning by searching for over 25 suspects, all of whom were indicted for federal drug trafficking crimes. Thirty-two defendants were indicted in the case, and five of those were already in custody when this morning’s roundup began.
“This operation is a perfect example of the continued pressure we will apply to drug distributors,” stated Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. “We arrested and prosecuted 50 targets in the first phase of this operation, and today we came back for more. Criminals should not mistake these arrests for a completed operation, because law enforcement will come back as many times as necessary to uphold law and order in West Memphis and the surrounding communities.”
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