SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden admits the arrest numbers released following the state's first Operation Prairie Thunder operation were wrong. Last week, we were told that a three-day joint patrol had led to hundreds of arrests.

It turns out the actual number may be significantly lower than that. KELOLAND News spoke with the governor, who explained what led to the incorrect report.

Last week, Governor Rhoden announced that the highway patrol and local authorities had made a significant number of arrests during the first operation, Prairie Thunder patrol, in the Sioux Falls area.

"We worked side by side with local law enforcement, and during that three-day period, there were 174 drug arrests, including 44 felony arrests," said Governor Rhoden last week.

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