It has been a very busy past few days in the East St. Louis part of Illinois as a special operations sting just nailed 48 in the span of just 4 nights. The Public Information Office of the Illinois State Police just released details of what just went down in the metro area of East St. Louis. The Illinois State Police Statewide Anti-Violence Enforcement South group worked from December 16 through the 19th with a focus on the most violent criminal activity. The press release said police units targeted “high crime areas, violent offenders, and structured criminal groups in the communities of the Metro East”. Here is the result from that 4-day sting: