Chicago, IL.
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Fourteen men were arrested and charged Wednesday after Chicago Police shut down a West Side drug market run by a street gang.
Chicago Police and the FBI started Operation “Senecio” in December 2007, according to a police News Affairs release. Using undercover drug purchases, confidential informants and surveillance techniques, police were able to arrest and charge 14 members of the Conservative Vice Lords street gang.
The gang operated in an area they dubbed the “Holy City” on the West Side, primarily in the Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods.
Officials recovered 3,000 grams of crack cocaine, 850 grams of heroine, more than $43,000 cash, three vehicles, two handguns and two shotguns, the release said.
Twelve of the gang members were charged with federal drug conspiracy and two with possession of a controlled substance.
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