Tips From Neighborhood Leads To $1 Million Drug Seizure In North Philadelphia

Alecia Reid reports.

WARM IT WILL GET AND WHEN RAINWILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST.JESSICA BACK TO YOU.ZERO IN ON VIOLENT CRIMEIN PHILADELPHIA GETS MILLIONSOF DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS ANDGUNS OFF OF THE STREET.AND IT WAS DONE WITH HELP FROMNEIGHBORHOOD TIPS.ALYCIA REID'S LIVE IN NORTHPHILADELPHIA WHERE POLICEREVEALED MORE ABOUT THEIRTHREE DAY STING OPERATION.THIS RAID WAS FOCUSED ON,THE KENSINGTON BORDER.COMPLETE FROM A FEDERAL UPCOMPLETE LED POLICE ON A THREEDAY STING OPERATION RESULTNOTHING 300 ARRESTS, OVER$75,000 IN CASH, BAGS OF CRACKCOCAINE, HEROIN, K2, CRYSTALMETH, PCP AND ARRAY OF OTHERDRUGS WORTH 1.3MILLION-DOLLAR.NEARLY TWO DOZEN WEAPONS WEREALSO CONFISCATED.ULTIMATELY HAVING THESEITEMS ON THIS TABLE MEANS THEYARE OFF OF THE STREETS.IT MEANS THAT THEY WILL NOT BEINGESTED BY SOMEONE HOISTSTRUGGLE WELLING SUBSTANCEABUSE DISORDER.REPORTER: PLANNING FOR THETHREE DAY VALENTINES WEEKENDRAID IN KENSINGTON STARTEDWEEKS BEFORE THEY WEREEXECUTED, THIS WAS ALL PART OFTHE MULTI AGENCY PLANNING ANDINCLUDING THE DEA, FBI, ANDATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.I THINK IT IS IMPORTANTTHAT WE WILL GET IT RIGHT, NOONE IS PERFECT, BUT IT ISIMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHTFIRST TIME AND THAT MEANSGOING TO THE SOURCE AND ASKINGTHE COMMUNITY WHAT CAN WE DOTO BEST SERVE YOU.REPORTER: OFFICERS TARGETEDAREA THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTEDBY HIGH LEVELS OF THE GUNVIOLENCE THERE WAS A TOTAL OF238 ARRESTS.THEY MADE PURCHASES ALLOVER EAST DIVISION OUR 24TH,25TH AND 26TH DISTRICT SO THEYWERE PREPARED ON DAY ONE TOSERVE SEARCH WARRANTS.IT HAS BEEN A WEEK SINCEHEAVY DUTY ENFORCEMENT DETAILBUT POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOTDONE JUST YET.WE WILL FIND THAT PRETTYQUIET TIME FOR TWO WEEKS AFTERTHE INITIATIVE SO WE LIKE THATTO GO LONGER AND DO MORE OFTHESE.REPORTER: SOME OF THEPEOPLE ARRESTED WERE ADDICTS,POLICE SAY RESOURCE TOSSCOUNTER ADDICTION WEREOFFERED.REPORTING LIVE FROM NORTH