SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Law enforcement in Sioux Falls made dozens of felony drug arrests during a three-day saturation patrol as part of Operation Prairie Thunder.

It involved highway patrol troopers, police officers, and sheriff's deputies, along with one helicopter a lot of people reported seeing.

KELOLAND News sat down with South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden Tuesday, who tells us the three-day operation was a huge success.

Last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, law enforcement in Sioux Falls had their hands full.

"We worked side by side with the local law enforcement and during that three-day period, there were 174 drug arrests, including 44 felony arrests," Rhoden said.

During those same three days, the Governor says law enforcement made 14 contacts that were referred to ICE an

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