A MAJOR DRUG BUST IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OPERATION STREET SWEEPER 8 MEANS OFFICERS ARE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND LOOKING AROUND POUND VIRGINIA FOR 32 PEOPLE INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES BY A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL GRAND JURY. SINCE OPERATION STREET SWEEPER BEGAN IN APRIL 2006, SOME 300 SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. ACCORDING TO WISE COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY RON ELKINS, THE ROUNDUP IS THE RESULT OF A THREE-YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN THE POUND AREA. ELKINS SAID MOST OF THE CHARGES ARE RELATED TOT HE DISTRIBUTION OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS. ELKINS BELIEVES THE MASS ARRESTS ARE ANOTHER STEP IN KEEPING WISE COUNTY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.