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Undercover drug sting nets 5 arrests
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Five people were arrested during an undercover drug sting at a local motel with morphine and meth among the drugs snagged by lawmen.The sting, set up from a room at Scottish Inns on Sparta Street, saw a string of would-be drug traffickers arrive with the alleged intent of selling drugs to, unknown to them, an undercover operative. The operative was monitored by police and sheriff’s investigators stationed nearby. The suspects were taken into custody at the scene.Included in the arrests were Rene Driver, 30, who arrived at the motel room with another woman and provided 30 Percoset which were sold for $240.