18-month drug investigation nets 12 arrests in Westmoreland Co.

JEANNETTE, Pa. — A warrant roundup in the Jeannette area netted 12 arrests of alleged drug dealers on Wednesday.

The operation was spurred by an 18-month investigation involving undercover officers and informants, leading to 20 felony drug warrants, Pennsylvania State Police said.

"It ranges from marijuana growing to what I would consider mid-level dealers dealing heroin and fentanyl and cocaine," Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Lamani said.

Three of the suspects in the investigation were already incarcerated, troopers said.

"It’s people that have transplanted them selves and took up homesteads in Jeanette and used it to supplement drug activity," Lamani said.

Channel 11's Gordon Loesch spoke with Jeannette residents about the arrests. Watch his full report below to hear what they had to say.

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