By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
HERRIN — Two people have been arrested following a months-long methamphetamine investigation in Herrin, according to kbsi23.com.
The drug trade has left its mark on this county for a generation now, working its way through towns that used to measure hard times by the mine whistle instead. A months-long investigation means patience on the part of whoever built the case — surveillance, informants, paperwork — the unglamorous work that doesn't make the evening news until the handcuffs go on.
Further details on the charges and what led investigators to these two arrests were not immediately available. This desk will follow the case as it moves toward court, and will name what these investigations cost a town still working to rebuild itself block by block.
— Compiled from reporting by kbsi23.com.
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