FIFTEEN MEN IN BERNALILLO AND SANTA FE COUNTIES ARE CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING DRUGS FOLLOWING AN 18 MONTH INVESTIGATION. FOURTEEN OF THE DEFENDANTS WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY MORNING. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, AGENTS PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT POUNDS OF HEROIN, TWO POUNDS OF COCAINE AND A POUND OF METH. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRUGS WERE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR THROUGH THIS MONTH.
THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THE ALLEGED LEADER OF THE RING IS 31 YEAR OLD DAVID REYNOLDS. THE INVESTIGATION WAS CODE-NAMED "OPERATION SAND WEDGE" BECAUSE OF REYNOLD'S LOVE OF GOLF.
