Police: 6 people arrested for running drug ring in Delaware

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Police: 6 people arrested for running drug ring in Delaware
Police: 6 people arrested for running drug ring in Delaware. Alicia Vitarelli reports during Action News at 5 p.m. on August 23, 2019.

NEW CASTLE, Delaware (WPVI) -- Six people are under arrest in Delaware after police say they were running a drug ring out of a grocery store.



Authorities in New Castle County say the suspect were using the "Kemo Tobacco and Grocery Store" in New Castle as a front for their drug operation.



Twenty-nine-year-old Ashley Mathis and 44-year-old Jackie Boyd were the ring leaders, according to police.



Four others were also arrested following a four-month investigation.



Police say they recovered guns, drugs, and cash as part of the bust.

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