Crime & Safety
More than 170 Arrested In Kensington Drug Sweep: Report
Heroin, crack, Oxycontin, marijuana, cocaine, cash, and guns were seized in the massive bust.
Philadelphia Police Departments Narcotics Unit conducted a three-day sweep in the city's Kensington area that netted more than 170 arrests and seized guns, cash, and drugs.
Police took more than $225,000 in drugs – including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, crack, and Oxycontin – and 20 guns including high-powered rifles, as well as cash, 6ABC reports.
"As a result of investigations that led us to individual houses, individual corners, we locked in on certain drug dealers, drug organizations, and made arrests when we had enough probable cause to do so," Philadelphia Police Inspector Melvin Singleton told the outlet.
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About 20 of the more than 170 arrested were from the suburban Philadelphia area, according to 6 ABC.
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