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Operation Pressure Point

Westchester Drug Sting Nets 21 Arrests

A 10 day joint drug sting with Westchester County Police and several municipal police departments has resulted in the arrests of 21 people and the seizure of more than a kilo of cocaine, a kilo of heroin, 11 pounds of marijuana and crack cocaine and prescription medications.

The initiative was the second phase of Operation Pressure Point, a stepped-up narcotics enforcment effort in which the Department of Public Safety partners with local police to combat drug dealing.

Westchester Law Enforcement Turns Up Heat on Drug Traffickers

Westchester County is turning up the heat on drug traffickers. Its newly launched effort known as Operation Pressure Point kicked off a week ago, and already officials have seized two kilos of cocaine, a .50-caliber revolver and other handguns, more than $500,000 in cash and a quantity of heroin and marijuana.