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Article: Chicago Heights: 24 charged in reverse drug sting
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- SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- November 25, 2007
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Chicago Heights police charged more
than 20 individuals last week with attempting to buy drugs during an
undercover sting operation in the 1300 block of Wentworth Avenue.
From 2
to 9 p.m. on Nov. 16, according to Lt. David Basile, about 20 officers
participated in the busts, 10 of them posing as undercover dealers and 10
of them stationed in squad cars nearby. Police sold fake marijuana and
crack cocaine to buyers.
After the transactions, the officers stationed
in nearby squad cars picked up the buyers, charging them with local
ordinance violations for attempting to solicit drugs. In addition to the
arrests, 21 vehicles were impounded, Basile said. These types of sting
operations are done ...