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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Multiple people were arrested yesterday after federal agents executed arrest warrants across the Pittsburgh area. 

The FBI’s Pittsburgh office said it carried out four federal arrest warrants with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police and the United States Postal Inspection Service. 

Authorities said the arrests are connected to what they described as a “widespread drug trafficking organization” operating from California to western Pennsylvania. An additional arrest warrant was executed in California in connection with the case. 

“FBI Pittsburgh and our partners stand committed to protecting our community from this deadly poison,” officials said. 

Authorities did not release the identities of those arrested or specify the charges they may face.