Dozens Arrested in Heroin Sweep in Hazleton

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The Attorney General's Office announced that 30 people were arrested today in a heroin sweep in Hazleton.  Over 9,000 packets of heroin were seized in the operation.

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=7495

You can read the full list of people from the link above, but some of the people arrested were from Schuylkill County.


 - Candace Alexander, Gordon
 - James Drob, McAdoo
 - Nathan Fritz, Tamaqua
 - Debra Horvath, Mahanoy Plane
 - Adam Kasten, New Philadelphia
 - Richard Pizzo, Barnesville

The arrests were announced by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office as part of the "Operation Rising Star".