36 arrested in Fort Peck drug bust

Three dozen suspected prescription drug dealers were arrested Monday on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

"This was huge," said Roosevelt County Sheriff Freedom Crawford, who said the drug bust appears to be the largest in the county's history.

Law enforcement officers from around the region — including Fort Peck tribal police officers and the Wolf Point police department — converged on the reservation early Monday, swelling the force of eight county deputies to a force of more than 50 officers, Crawford said.

"I don't have the resources to combat a problem of this magnitude, so our brother sheriffs stepped in to help me today," Crawford said.

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