Mugshots of drug trafficking suspects

Federal and local law enforcement officers arrested 16 people on Nov. 3, 2016 in connection with a multi-agency investigation into a drug trafficking organization in the Tucson area. The organization distributed and sold heroin, marijuana and firearms in Tucson and in several states on the East Coast, officials said. The Pima County Sheriff's Department released the mugshots of 11 of the suspects arrested.

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