COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — Last week, the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, DEA and other local law enforcement partners targeted two Columbus Criminal Street gangs suspected of trafficking in illegal drugs.
The sting resulted in more than 100 arrests – 31 here in Columbus. Today, those criminal enterprises are dealing with the fallout of the arrests and pressure on their organizations.
Cure Violence has been working with gangs and gang members for about two years. Reggie Lewis and Christopher Brown talked exclusively with WRBL this afternoon about what last week’s arrests mean.
Sheriff Greg Countryman announced the arrests last week.
Make no mistake, the Zohannon and Crips criminal street gangs were reeling from the law enforcement attention.
“I think Sheriff Countrymen sent a strong message that they’re not playing,” Lewis said. “You know, we’ve had some challenges over the last couple of years with the number of law enforcement resources we had in our community. And for him to show this level of force shows that he means business, but also shows that he has the support of our leaders to go out and effect change in these communities by addressing some of this criminal activity.”