wate.com
MORRISTOWN, Tennessee -- Investigators have uncovered a large drug operation that spans from Texas to at least two counties in East Tennessee.
The post office tipped off investigators to the large amounts of marijuana being shipped through the mail to Hamblen and Jefferson counties. Deputies have made nearly a dozen arrests in the case.
Most of the pot was mailed to an apartment complex on Laura Drive in Hamblen County. Investigators say the residents living in Apartments 6 and 12 were involved.
The resident in Apartment 6 was intercepting the pot by signing for the deliveries, then getting $500 for handing them over to the residents of Apartment No. 12.
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Hamblen County officials say all the suspects arrested in their jurisdiction are illegal immigrants. Immigration officials are checking the status of the others. All of them face a long list of drug charges.
Posted by tyne at February 22, 2007