AN 11-MONTH INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN METH TRAFFICKING CHARGES AGAINST 18 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME RESIDENTS OF ALAMOGORDO, TULAROSA AND LAS CRUCES. THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS 12 OF THE 18 ARE IN CUSTODY WHILE SIX ARE STILL CONSIDERED FUGITIVES.
ALL 18 ARE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE IN OTERO AND DONA ANA COUNTIES FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF THIS YEAR. TWO OF THE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED IN ARIZONA AND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO NEW MEXICO.
THOSE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN THE STATE HAD THEIR FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IN LAS CRUCES ON THURSDAY.
