The Rhode Island State Police have announced that, after an extensive investigation – and with the assistance of the Rhode Island National Guard, United States Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as Task Force Officers from the Rhode Island Department of Corrections Special Investigations Unit, Amtrak, Cranston, Lincoln, Middletown, Newport, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Warwick, West Warwick, and Woonsocket Police Departments – multiple court-authorized search warrants were executed throughout the state, leading to the arrest of eight individuals on charges ranging from possession of firearms and possession of narcotics.