A multiagency investigation of illegal narcotics in Comal County netted more than 11 lbs. of methamphetamine and 39 suspected drug dealers as of Thursday, concentrated around Canyon Lake where locals have long pleaded for help.
“Wasn’t that amazing?” gushed Debbie England, a Canyon Lake business owner and activist, of Wednesday morning raids that generated 24 of the arrests and quickly became the talk of the unincorporated lakeside community.
“There’s been an enormous positive response,” she said Thursday. “It gives people hope.”
“Operation Crystal Lake” was unveiled Thursday at a briefing where authorities said it was designed “to dismantle the local infrastructure of a well-established amphetamine distribution organization.”
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