Article: 8 arrested in drug sweep; guns seized; Handguns, cocaine, heroin and cash found in searches of six homes.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Thomas Caywood

WORCESTER - Acting on information from a wiretap, strike teams composed of federal agents and state and city police raided six homes in Worcester yesterday morning, seizing drugs and firearms and arresting eight men, officials said.

The early morning searches turned up five handguns, about 100 grams of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, Percocet, methadone, a large stash of cash and other drug paraphernalia, said Special Agent Anthony Pettigrew of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

More arrests are likely to follow, he said.

"Often a take-down like today isn't the end, it's the beginning," Special Agent Pettigrew ...

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