A MAJOR DRUG ROUNDUP IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OPERATION STREET SWEEPER 8 MEANS OFFICERS ARE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND LOOKING AROUND POUND VIRGINIA FOR 32 PEOPLE WHO WERE RECENTLY INDICTED BY A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL GRAND JURY ON DRUG CHARGES. SO FAR, 13 PEOPLE ARE BEHIND BARS. SINCE OPERATION STREET SWEEPER BEGAN IN APRIL 2006, SOME 300 SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY RON ELKINS SAYS THIS 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 TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS. HE BELIEVES THE MASS ARRESTS ARE ANOTHER STEP IN KEEPING WISE COUNTY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.