Drug Task Force arrests eight in connection with meth distribution

By: Associated Press Email

Updated: Fri 8:40 PM, Oct 11, 2013

By: Associated Press Email

The Western Colorado Drug Task Force arrested eight people Thursday in connection with a drug investigation.

INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED

Francisca Arias

Carlos Delfin

Dante Delfin

Saul Alexander Delfin-Lopez

Christopher David Merle Franklin

Kenneth Allen Higgs

David Lee Ortego

Kevin Smith

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) Eight people were arrested Thursday after four months of investigation by the Western Colorado Drug Task Force.

The investigation centered on methamphetamine distribution in Mesa County. Search warrants were issued for four residences, three in Grand Junction and one outside of the city limits.

The eight people arrested face charges ranging from possession and distribution of drugs to money laundering and weapons violations.

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