ALLEGED DRUG DEALERS, CAR THIEVES AND FELONS…ALL AMONG THOSE ARRESTED AS PART OF “OPERATION RECHARGE” IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS 77 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR CHARGED IN THE ROUND-UP THAT IS THE RESULT OF A FOUR MONTH INVESTIGATION.
THE OPERATION WAS FOCUSED ON REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO’VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY PLAGUING ALBUQUERQUE. ARMIJO SAYS MORE THAN 20 PERCENT OF THOSE ARRESTED HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY.
THE OPERATION ALSO REMOVED 28 POUNDS OF METH AND 20 POUNDS OF HEROIN FROM THE STREETS OF BERNALILLO COUNTY. APD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION.
