'Operation Wild West' nets 64 arrests in western communities of Palm Beach County

Dozens of drug dealers and gang members are no longer working their trade in the western communities of Palm Beach County thanks to 'Operation Wild West,' police said.
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Posted: 07/26/2012

By: Cynthia Roldan Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

WEST PALM BEACH — Sheriff’s and federal officials announced the arrest of 64 people as the result of a sweeping gang and drug investigation in western Palm Beach County.

At a news conference Thursday afternoon, officials from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said 17 of the 64 state and federal arrests as a result of Operation Wild West were gang members or their associates.

The gangs officials said were “disrupted” as a result of the 18-month investigation were the Little Rock Dogs, Jack Boyz and Dogs Under Fire.

Among the things seized by agents during the investigation were: about 10 kilograms of powder cocaine; 215 marijuana plants and more than 100 pounds of processed marijuana; 12 firearms and a bullet-proof vest; about $300,000 in cash and $30,000 worth of jewelry.

Officials said they expect to make more arrests and confiscate more property.