Traveling Vice Lords target of drug probe netting nearly 100 arrests - Chicago Crime | Examiner.com

Traveling Vice Lords target of drug probe netting nearly 100 arrests - Chicago Crime | Examiner.com: "Nearly 100 alleged members of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang members are being paraded before judges this afternoon following a two year investigation into drug dealing on the West Side.
The TVLs were rounded up this morning as part of 'Operation Blue Knight', a combined investigation by Chicago police and the FBI. It targeted drug sales in the area of Kedzie and Ohio in the North Lawndale Community.
Police say the Traveling Vice Lords ran a 24-7 crack cocaine and heroin retail sales business that brought in between $3000 and $6000 a day.
It was drive-up or hand-to-hand delivery and authorities say when there was a particularly potent brand of heroin called 'Blue Magic', buyers would come from as far away as Elgin and Iowa to make purchases.
Investigators used video recordings, wiretaps, and controlled purchases by undercover officers and confidential sources to build the case against the Traveling Vice Lords."