More than two months after Operation Mobbed Up yielded 25 …
Updated: Friday, 30 Oct 2009, 4:01 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 17 Nov 2008, 6:05 PM EST
SCITUATE, R.I. (WPRI) - RI State Police, along with the Attorney General's Office and Massachusetts State Police, announced the results of "Operation Mobbed Up" Monday afternoon.
Investigators sais the 18-month investigation initially revolved around the Valley St. Flea Market in Providence.
According to investigators, mob members exchanged counterfeit purses and shoes for drugs and guns. During the course of the probe, which involved undercover police and wiretaps, investigators logged hundreds of transactions.
Col. Brendan Doherty of the Rhode Island State Police announced the arrest of nearly two dozen people in an organized crime investigation.
Rhode Island State Police have made three more arrests in the …
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