The United States Attorney’s office has announced the arrest of 17 people in Ogallala, Brule and surrounding cities in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.

United States Attorney Deborah Gilg said in a news release that all those arrested have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.

The arrests are a result of a long-term investigation by the FBI, Nebraska State Patrol, Ogallala Police Department, North Platte Police Department, CODE Task Force, WING Task Force, Keith County Sheriff’s Office, Keith County Attorney’s Office, Cheyenne County Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations Division, Deuel County Sheriff’s Office, Phillips County, CO Sheriff’s Office, Hoyoke, CO Police Department, Eastern Colorado Plains Drug Task Force and the United States Attorney’s Office.

Law enforcement seized over three pounds of methamphetamine and $8,000 in U.S. Currency in connection with this investigation.

Those arrested were: