Posted on 03/31/2011 5:24:40 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
PHOENIX - Just days after Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced a plan to have posse members search for drugs by air, he's calling the mission a success.
On Monday, Sheriff Arpaio announced "Operation Desert Sky."
About 30 posse members volunteered their time and aircraft to help deputies patrol the desert.
On Thursday, Arpaio showed off the mission's haul so far: more than a ton of marijuana, 115 arrests.
Six of those arrests were illegal immigrants smuggling drugs.
"So it is a big problem when you talk about drugs (slash) illegal immigration, it's getting more connected every day," said Arpaio.
Of the 115 arrests, 80 of the suspects were illegal immigrants.
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Joe is making the liberal “DemocRATS’” heads explode! LOL! They hate the guy for doing his job. He’s making it harder for them to get their recreational drugs. You go Joe!
Sheriff Joe Ping
We knew it would be.
Ping!
Sheriff Joe is the ONLY elected official I trust. (Living in Massachusetts, that’s not saying much, really).
If anything TRULY NASTY is seized at the border — worse than drugs — I trust Sheriff Joe to tell us the truth. With all the non-Mexicans coming across, we can only hope and pray that they’ll be caught trying to smuggle anything dangerous.
With Sheriff Joe on the job, they will be caught. Thank God!
(Got any place where we can send donations to keep those planes in the air?)
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