40 people arrested for drug charges 11-17-2010

MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE WERE IN CUSTODY WEDNESDAY AND MORE COULD BE ARRESTED IN THE DAYS TO COME. THE GREENWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT TEAMED UP WITH SEVERAL STATE-WIDE AGENCIES WEDNESDAY TO ISSUE MORE THAN 60 WARRANTS IN THE CITY'S WAR ON DRUGS. GREENWOOD "OPERATION CORNER SWEEP" IS THE CITY'S INITIATIVE TO CLEANUP THE CITY STREETS AND RID THE COMMUNITY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. SEVERAL VEHICLES AND AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH AND NARCOTICS WERE SEIZED DURING THE BUST BUT GREENWOOD POLICE CHIEF HENRY PURNELL SAID POLICE AREN'T GOING TO  STOP THERE. GREENWOOD'S "OPERATION CORNER SWEEP" HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. PURNELL SAID THE OPERATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE CITY IS RESTORED.