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"Police identified 40 suspected criminals and arrested half of them during an early morning police operation involving federal and local authorities in New Albany.The majority of charges involved illegal drug and firearms offenses stemming from a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. District Attorney\u2019s Office and local law enforcement. Agents called the major sting operation Around the Horn.IMAGES: View mug shots of those arrested | More mug shots\"Around the Horn is just an operational name, an idea that we were going to target the community, the violent crime in the community and cover all the bases. A baseball term,\u201D said ATF Special Agent Stuart Lowery.The seven month long sting by undercover officers, the ATF and several southern Indiana Sheriff's departments identified 35 state criminal offenders, three federal offenders and four new cases.Out of that number, early Thursday morning, with warrants in hand, agents arrested 23 suspects.The charges involve serious, federal drug trafficking charges in marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, oxycodone, synthetic marijuana and a high level of heroin. The charges also involve trafficking in deadly weapons, including handguns, pistols and revolvers.\"Anytime you can take an illegal weapon off the street it makes a difference. It's important that we continue to fight it, not turn our heads to it and to keep our community safe,\u201D said Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson.Right now, there are 12 state defendants still at large.The prison terms those arrested face range from one to 50 years behind bars if convicted.Henderson said the latest round up could lead to other arrests because, while he wouldn't confirm if it was organized crime, he said there was a common thread with all of the arrests."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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