Large drug investigation ends in Sikeston

Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Law enforcement officers aided by a Missouri National Guard helicopter arrested 11 Sikeston and Dexter, Mo., residents in a massive drug sweep Tuesday and charged four others already in custody in various jails. The arrests followed a six-month investigation in which undercover officers bought powder and crack cocaine, pharmaceutical pills, marijuana and methamphetamine. For more on this story, read Thursday's Southeast Missourian.

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