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OCONTO - Eight people were arrested out of 172 traffic stops during an interdiction operation by the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office and numerous other law enforcement agencies.
The interdiction was held between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. on March 26 to locate drugs and other criminal violations within the county, said Sheriff Todd Skarban.
The effort focused on the cities of Oconto, Oconto Falls and Gillett, and the towns of Stiles, Oconto Falls, Morgan, Gillett and Underhill.
Police dogs were used 41 times, with 25 positive indications, Skarban said in a news release issued Monday morning.
The eight arrests were for possession of a Schedule II Narcotic, possession of methamphetamine, operating while under the influence, bail jumping, possession of drug paraphernalia while on probation, warrants and criminal traffic violations.