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22 arrested in drug enforcement campaign
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BRODHEAD - A drug interdiction enforcement campaign by regional law enforcement agencies in the Brodhead area Friday evening netted 54 traffic stops; 26 traffic citations issued; 60 traffic warnings issued; 12 drug related arrests; and 10 criminal arrests.

Brodhead Police Department were assisted by the Wisconsin State Patrol, Green County Sheriff's Department, Rock County Sheriff's Department, Evansville Police, Orfordville Police, Belleville Police, New Glarus Police, Rock County Special Investigative Unit, Wisconsin Department of Corrections division of Probation and Parole, and the State Line Area Narcotics Team. The agencies conducted the sweep between 5 and 10 p.m.

Notable arrests included possessing marijuana with intent to deliver and two outstanding felony arrest warrants - one warrant for strangulation suffocation cruelty toward a child, and the other felony warrant was for sexual assault of a child under 16 years of age.