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Updated: Friday, 01 Mar 2013, 11:24 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 28 Feb 2013, 2:03 PM EST
NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) -- The Newport Police Dept. executed a drug sweep Thursday night and arrested 16 alleged crack cocaine dealers.
Lieutenant William Fitzgerald tells Eyewitness News that the drug sweep was a six-month undercover operation undertaken with the Drug Enforcement Agency, and netted 25 arrest warrants.
The following 16 people have been arrested and charged:
All the suspects are due to be arraigned in Newport District Court Thursday afternoon.
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