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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Weapons Sting In Saint Paul

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Blogger Bob said...

Eighteen in custody in raids following a weapons sting in St. Paul

Star Tribune

Last update: May 17, 2007 – 6:14 PM

Six months ago, St. Paul undercover police officers and federal authorities set up a storefront operation on the city's East Side and opened for the business of buying weapons and other contraband.
Called "Operation Capital City Cleanup," the effort ended today with 18 people arrested, dozens of weapons seized and large amounts of drugs taken off the street, authorities said at a news conference this afternoon.

"St. Paul is a safer city today than it was six months ago," Police Chief John Harrington said at the news conference, where several guns and drugs were displayed. "But this is only the beginning."

Eighteen people are in custody, including four who face federal weapons charges. Authorities will trace where the weapons came from, and more charges are expected.

The suspects were rounded up yesterday and today during raids involving more than 30 officers. They had no connection with each other, police said, apart from the contraband business that sprang from the storefront operation.

Agencies involved in the raids included the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, St. Paul police and the Ramsey County sheriff's office.


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8:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe this sting will produce the Burgess homicides weapon.

9:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This sting makes more sense than a political white wash of a "Gun Buy Back Program".

Thank you Bob for the information you provided on the worthlessness of gun buy back programs.

(Read the thread under topic "Gunplay among youth worries police")

12:57 AM  

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