Eight Montezuma County residents arrested after narcotics investigation

Eight Montezuma County residents were arrested after an extensive investigation by the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office, Cortez Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Montezuma-Cortez Narcotics Investigations Team.

All await trial for alleged drug trafficking.

“It was over a year-and-a-half with thousands of hours of man hours put in,” Detective Sgt. Victor Galarza said…