At a house on the 2300-block of Luce Street, near Derry Street, the unit arrested one dealer, officials said. The unit arrested two dealers on the 100-block of Balm St., near State and Cameron streets, seized $2,900 and nine grams of cocaine. Shapiro called this morning’s drug busts a “textbook of what went well.” The ongoing operation also resulted in confiscating 17 illegally owned guns, seizing illegal drugs and more than $18,000 since November, Shapiro said. Thirteen of the 25 alleged drug dealers whose names were released today are in custody, Shapiro said. “These are serious dealers who were attracting users and crime,” Shapiro said. Since the operation began in November, the unit has arrested 131 dealers selling heroin, the opioid fentanyl, powder cocaine, crack cocaine and other drugs in the Harrisburg region, AG officials said. The morning raids resulted in arrests that Shapiro announced today as part of an ongoing operation with the Attorney General’s Mobile Street Crimes Unit. “People are being held hostage in their own neighborhoods by these dealers and by these users who frequent these homes and street corners.” “They could come outside again with confidence in their safety and well-being,” Shapiro said at a press conference today. After two drug raids early this morning, Harrisburg residents on Luce and Balm streets felt safe to come out on their porches again, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
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