3-day weekend operation leaves 59 arrested, guns, drugs, found, and hundreds of contacts with people
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Nearly 40-plus Columbus police officers and Georgia State Patrol troopers patrolled the streets of Columbus in hot zones full of crime and gangs.
The operation began Friday evening and ended Sunday night with authorities having contact with 500 people, 59 which were arrested.
109 criminal charges were issued, 23 which were felonies and 86 were misdemeanors, with 21 criminal arrest warrants served. 27 out of 500 people contacted were armed with firearms, 10 which were seized.
612 traffic citations and 483 traffic warnings were issued in the three-day operation. 20 people were driving drunk. 26 vehicles were impounded.
Several hot pursuits occurred over the three-day period. 11 subject fled total. 11
95.5 grams of illegal drugs were seized, which is $2260 in street value and 36 pills containing illegal drugs, which is $720 in street value.
One officer suffered injuries but will recover. A helicopter was also involved in the operation.
We posted an article earlier of Operation Zero Tolerance, which was only handled by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office.
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