🌱 How a months-long probe led to a major local drug bust
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In today's newsletter:
- How a months-long probe led to a major local drug bust
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- Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 27 and low of 20 degrees.
- Wednesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, temps: high: 40, low: 22.
- Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 34 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• West Hazleton man arrested on drug charges (standardspeaker.com) — West Hazleton residents should know that local police led a months-long investigation that resulted in the arrest of a Hazleton man and the seizure of a large amount of cocaine and cash. Working with state and county narcotics teams, officers say they confiscated over 300 grams of cocaine and more than $24,000, with the suspect now held in Luzerne County Prison on bail. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Hazleton
- Hazleton JROTC advances to Round Two of National Leadership and Academic Bowl (fox56.com)
- LVH-Hazleton addresses business community at chamber breakfast (standardspeaker.com)
- Man jailed after cocaine, $24K cash seized in West Hazleton drug investigation (fox56.com)
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