-from wlbt.com-

The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics made 16 arrests Tuesday morning in Crystal Springs. One of the suspects is 66 years old, another is a Parchman inmate.

The drug round up followed a year long investigation into street level drug sales. Officers were able to identify 35 people. Those arrested face felony sale, conspiracy and possession charges involving crack, cocaine, marijuana, and the prescription drug oxycodone.

Lytonia Bailey, Robert Bladridge, Luther Buckley, Jemario Dabney, , Vincent Haley, Jr., Maurice Jackson, Michael Jackson, Darrell Picket, Jarrod Porter, Michael Powell, Robert Williams, Jr., Rayfield Willis, Kendric Maurice Smiley, Joe Sewart, and 66 year old Wllace Watson were taken to the Copiah County jail. Necko Smith is a Parchman inmate charged with selling crack.