Big drug bust in Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) - Possibly the biggest drug bust in state history -- and it happened right here in southern Colorado.

Pueblo police announced Thursday the seizure of $8 million in heroin, 50 grams of cocaine, 2.5 pounds of meth, 35 firearms and $540,000 in cash.

"The one thing we don't tolerate in communities like this is the poison of heroin and the violence of illegal gun use and possession," said Acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Robert Troyer.

The police department called the heroin seizure "historic," and with good reason -- it could be the largest bust in Colorado history.

Police, flanked by the Colorado U.S. Attorney General's Office and the FBI Denver Division, announced the massive drug recovery and the five arrests that came along with it in a news conference late Thursday morning.

According to police, the heroin alone could be cut for 40,000 users, and the intent wasn't to sell to other cities but instead plague the streets of Pueblo with the drug.

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