Reputed gang members scooped up in raids - Chicago Breaking News

Reputed gang members scooped up in raids - Chicago Breaking News: "reputed gang member once charged with killing an off-duty Chicago police officer was slapped with federal charges today as part of a two-year investigation into a West Side drug operation.

Chicago police and FBI agents fanned out across city neighborhoods this morning, scooping up some 100 members of the violent Traveling Vice Lords street gang.

The drug scheme allegedly was run all night and day near Kedzie Avenue and Ohio Street in North Lawndale, netting $3,000 to $6,000 a day in crack and heroin sales. 'Significant' amounts of crack and heroin were seized, officials said."

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