The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department tactical narcotics team arrested 106 people and seized $5.5 million worth of drugs last year, the department announced.
Most of the drugs were seized at one time when detectives grabbed 33 pounds of cocaine worth $4.5 million and arrested five people at a home in Aurora that police said was a distribution point for large cocaine sales in Kane and DuPage Counties.
In all last year, the task force confiscated more than 35 1/2 pounds of cocaine, nearly 4 pounds of marijuana, a half-pound of methamphetamine and 675 Ecstasy pills as well as some GHB, heroin, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
“This has been a successful year for our task force,” Sheriff John Zaruba said.