DEVELOPING STORY – A multi-state operation with the Drug Enforcement Administration and three state law enforcement teams resulted in 375 arrests and 800 pounds of meth seized.

Dubbed ‘Operation Crystal Mountain,’ the effort targeted Mexican drug cartels, drug trafficking organizations and other individuals involved in the manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine.

Law enforcement also collected 52 firearms and large amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other illicit drugs during the operation, along with more than $800,000 in cash.

Federal agents arrested 235 people on federal drug-related charges while an additional 140 people were arrested by state or local agencies on state-level drug charges.

Of the federal arrests that resulted from the operation, the vast majority were in Tennessee, with 155 people being arrested, compared with 60 in Kentucky and 20 in West Virginia.

The amount of meth collected from the states was more comparable, with 317 pounds from Tennessee, 360 pounds from Kentucky and 132 pounds from West Virginia.

The names of those arrested will be released at a later time.