JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A Wheat Ridge man was arrested this week on nearly three dozen drug-related counts following a major drug bust operation in Jefferson County.
Hunter Covelli, 25, turned himself in Wednesday after investigators with the West Metro Drug Task Force tracked him down to Walworth County, Wisconsin, following a monthslong investigation that began back in November of last year.
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At the time, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said their drug task force received an anonymous tip that Covelli was dealing drugs in Wheat Ridge, selling large quantities of cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, and LSD.
The WMDTF began an investigation to confirm the tip and later arranged several purchases between Covelli and an undercover detective…