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Operation Clean Sweep scores a big hit on Philly-area drug trafficking A. Benjamin Mannes November 10, 2025 November 9, 2025

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More than 100 people were arrested and more than $365,000 worth of illegal drugs seized in southeastern Pennsylvania during a sweeping law enforcement operation designed to stem the tide of narcotics and firearms flowing out of the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

The coordinated two-month crackdown, dubbed “Operation Clean Sweep,” enlisted the joint efforts of the District Attorneys from Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware counties and a host of police agencies, culminating in a major disruption of trafficking pipelines into the surrounding suburbs.

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