Months Long Undercover Operation Leads to More Than 30 Arrests

More than 200 counts related to an investigation into illegal drug, alcohol and firearms sales in southeastern North Carolina.

According to the State Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement, more than 30 people were arrested during an undercover operation. The arrests yielded more than 200 counts related to an investigation into illegal drug, alcohol and firearms sales in southeastern North Carolina. Agents seized drugs such as fentanyl, meth and cocaine as well as guns and alcoholic beverages in a months long undercover investigation in Columbus county. Nearly a dozen people with arrest warrants are still at large.