COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Law enforcement said thousands of pills a month were being made inside a Columbus home.

For over a year, the Sheriff’s Department has been investigating the drug trafficking operation.

On Thursday, August 7, nearly a dozen people were arrested in the case.

“We have people in place conducting surveillance the night before to make sure we know where these people are, so when the warrants are executed, we go out and make the arrest,” said Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins.

That’s how federal, state, and local law enforcement prepared to arrest ten people on federal drug indictments on Thursday.

“Throughout the state of Mississippi and in Memphis, we executed arrest warrants and had those individuals picked up and placed into custody,” said Hawkins.

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