Operation Interloper makes 11 arrests in Halifax drug investigation

By News Staff

Posted Mar 6, 2014 04:11:56 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Halifax street-level drug dealing business has been disrupted, according to local police, after a series of busts Thursday morning.

The Drug Unit and the Gangs and Guns Unit took part in what they’ve called Operation Interloper.

They made 11 arrests and seized cocaine and marijuana.

The nine men, one boy and a woman range in age from 17 to 61. They were picked up during searches in Halifax on Gottingen Street, Evans Avenue, Auckland Place, Brunswick Street and Sunrise Walk.

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