Drug roundup in Beckley

BECKLEY, W.Va. — More than half of the 69 arrest warrants served Wednesday by police in Beckley focused on criminal charges related to prescription drugs.

Members of the Beckley Police Department, State Police, the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Marshal Service took part in the arrests.

The investigation, which lasted several months, resulted in 35 warrants on prescription drug charges, 19 on cocaine charges and 15 covering meth making and other drugs.

 





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