49 arrested during police sweeps in Northampton\'s downtown Friday and Saturday nights
By George W. Graham
October 12, 2009, 8:35AM
NORTHAMPTON – A drug and alcohol sweep by police Friday and Saturday nights yielded the arrests of nearly 50 people.
Police, over the two nights of the sweep, confiscated more than 600 “hits” of ***, 45 grams of cocaine, two nitrous oxide tanks and more than $2,000 in cash, according to a release.
Friday night brought 24 arrests and Saturday night, 25, police said. Officers in uniforms and plain clothes participated in the sweep.
Those arrested Friday night will be arraigned in District Court on Tuesday. Those arrested Saturday night will be arraigned Thursday, police said.