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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is Friday, February 15th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning. Nearly a dozen people have been arrested in a drug bus that targeted the Kensington section of the city. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced

the bus dubbed the Kensington Initiative on Thursday. As your attorney general, I'm listening and I

know what you want to see. You want to see these drugs out of your communities, your children to be

able to walk safely to school and your streets free of these poison. Shapiro said yesterday at the press conference. More than 160 officers served

warrants on 13 homes and 15 vehicles early Thursday morning where known suspects lived. Authorities

say a total of 11 people were arrested in connection with the drug trafficking organization,

which profited roughly $8 million annually. In addition to the arrests, officers seized 983 grams of crack cocaine, 4,900 grams of

heroin and fentanyl, a street value of $1.7 million, multiple handguns, and $13,000 in cash.

Yeah, this is crazy.

I mean, these places are hotbeds for drug sale activity. And I don't know how it can continue to go on that way when it's clear that this is where people go cop their drugs. I know, I know. But there's always somebody waiting to move in. But I'm curious, you said like $8 million a year. And wasn't there a bust where they were taking in something like a million a week or something?

Yeah.

Well, that was in, was that in bucks ago? I think it might have been. I forget where that one was out of. Like, 32 people working out of a house. They had the Christmas lights all over the house. Yes, the Christmas lights. That's right. It's just crazy. And when you have that kind of money to be made, someone's going to jump right in.

And this is a pretty big bust.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Nice job on them.

Yeah. crazy. And when you have that kind of money to be made, someone's going to jump right in.

And this is a pretty big bust. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Nice job on them. Yeah. You know, I mean, the sad thing is, is, you know, this place is going to get busted or it gets busted. And there's just the operation is just going to move somewhere else. And that's just the way it works. So this house that, you know, with all the Christmas lights on it.

That place gets busted,

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