Canonsburg Police Participate in Investigation That Busted Up Pittsburgh Heroin Ring

Members of the Canonsburg Police Department were involved with a Department of Justice investigation that led to 41 members of a “large and violent heroin-tracking organization” operating mostly out of Pittsburgh’s North Side, according to a release.

Those individuals been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws, U. S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced last week.

"Previously, we advised the violent criminals who tyrannize the neighborhoods and towns in our district that we know who you are; we are coming for you; and it is only a matter of when not if we catch you and disrupt and prosecute your criminal activity,” Hickman said.

He continued: (This) superseding indictment underscores our commitment. These indictments and other prosecutions reflect the priority of this office to dedicate our resources to disrupt and ultimately neutralize the criminals who have taken our neighborhoods from us with their crime and violence."

Those indictments reflect drug, gun and other charges.

Assistant U. S. Attorney Craig W. Haller is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.

Canonsburg is investigating the case along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Pittsburgh Police Department; the U. S. Postal Inspection Service; the Pennsylvania State Police; the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office; the Ross Township Police Department; and the Allegheny County Police Department.

Canonsburg Police Chief R.T. Bell and Mayor David H. Rhome could not immediately be reached for comment Monday morning, but the latter recently stated that the department seeks the public’s help in cracking down on drug activity in the borough, too.

, Rhome said, “Enough is enough. We need to put a stop to this.”