08-09-2017 03:10 via deseretnews.com

Over 1,000 arrests made in Operation Rio Grande as 37 new treatment beds open

SALT LAKE CITY — In its fourth week, Operation Rio Grande's arrests have mounted to over 1,000 — but that wasn't why county leaders were celebrating Thursday.At nearly the same time law enforcement officers conducted a major drug raid of a Salt Lake City home at 6 a.m., a team of lawyers and social workers began work inside the Salt Lake County Jail that has never been done before, Salt Lake County Mayor BenMcAdams announced in a news conference."This," the mayor said, "is phase two
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