Authorities rounded up 26 suspects and seized tens of thousands of dollars in cash and drugs during a raid in Southeast Washington on Thursday, police said.
The arrests took place mostly in the Parkland Park neighborhood. Police said they seized crack cocaine, heroin, PCP and marijuana with a street value of more than $89,000, three guns, and nearly $80,000 in cash.
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“Where there are drugs there is crime, and this neighborhood has been plagued by both,” Chief Cathy L. Lanier said. “Today’s takedown clears this neighborhood of the crews who are tied to much of the violence here.”
– Scott McCabe
