Seven Arrested In Van Buren Drug Bust

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The Van Buren County Sheriffs Department says that seven suspects were arrested this week as part of a heroin, cocaine, and marijuana bust. Over the past 18 months, the Narcotics Unit investigated the operation that took place in Hartford and Covert, with undercover detectives buying heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and marijuana from the suspects at different times. On Wednesday, officers made a sweep and picked up seven out of a total of nine suspects. Two additional suspects couldn’t be located, but the sheriffs department does have warrants out for them. The arrested suspects are Freddreka Walker, Tonya Billings, James Payton, and Rogelia Reyna, all of Hartford, and Alfonso Coleman, Lavern Lewis, and Kenneth Jeffries, all of Covert. The suspects face a variety of drug charges.