NEW MEXICO PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN WEDNESDAY'S NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN ON SYNTHETIC DRUGS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "SPICE." D-E-A SPECIAL AGENT JOE ARABIT SAYS FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER DOZENS OF SEARCH WARRANTS WERE CARRIED OUT STATEWIDE. TWENTY EIGHT FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS WERE EXECUTED IN ALBUQUERQUE, GALLUP, GRANTS, FARMINGTON, AZTEC, KIRTLAND, AND LAS CRUCES.
OVER 100-THOUSAND PACKETS OF SPICE WERE SEIZED, ALONG WITH 1-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS, 13 FIREARMS AND 18 VEHICLES. NATIONWIDE THERE WERE 75 ARRESTS WITH THE SEIZURE OF NEARLY 15-MILLION DOLLARS.
