PHOTOS: 104 of those targeted in Darby drug sweep ID'd

DARBY, Pa. (WPVI) -- Police have released the names of 104 of the suspects targeted in an operation to track down alleged drug dealers in and around Darby Borough.

PHOTOS: Names, photos of suspects in Darby drug sweep

A total of 110 arrest warrants were served, and $48,000 worth of drugs were seized, during 'Operation Spring Cleaning,' Chief Robert Smythe announced.

Seven teams of law enforcement officers made arrests across Delaware County and Philadelphia.

"This, today, is sending a message to Darby Borough: We're not going to tolerate drug sales on our corners. We're not going to have people selling this poison," said Smythe.

District Attorney Jack Whelan said authorities targeted "individuals that are destroying the character and the quality of our neighborhood, and making life miserable for law-abiding residents."

The sweep was the result of a six-month-long investigation targeting open-air drug sales in Darby. Smythe said that 188 undercover purchases were made during the operation.

"These people are all going to be charged with sales, but what they probably should be charged with is some sort of homicide or unnatural death because they are killing our population," said Smythe.

Officials say the operation went smoothly, but one woman is outraged. She said her house was targeted in a case of mistaken identity.

Natasha Richardson says police stormed her home on Pine Street, and her 14-year-old was thrown to the ground.

"They pull him out of his bed, had a gun to my son's head. Only thing I was worried about was (if) they were going to go into my little kid's room and the dogs were going to come out and they were going to shoot one of my dogs."

Smythe said that with an operation of this magnitude there can be flaws. He said he will personally apologize.

"The person we were looking for wasn't in that house, wasn't one of the residents in there. And we will handle whatever we have to handle to make the doors and the damage right, and we're certainly going to go down and apologize."

Smythe said there were no other reports of mistaken raids.