The suspects didn't have much to say to Eyewitness News. Some of them started the morning with a startling wake-up call.

SWAT officers swarmed homes with indictments in hand, and undercover officers kept their faces hidden even during the interviews.

"It lets drug traffickers know we are aware of what's going on and we are doing everything we can to stay on top of things," said an officer.

Travis Melton could not clearly explain why officers came into his home.

Melton is charged with three counts of selling and delivering cocaine.

Narcotics officers tell us they are seeing more and more cases of prescription-drug sales. They say dealers will leave the state to get a prescription and avoid detection by local law enforcement.

"Drug traffickers go as far as Florida to pick up prescriptions and then bring them back," said one of the officers.

These officers are targeting 66 street-level dealers and high traffickers. For three days they will focus their attention on arresting those suspects.
"A message to the dealers who are still there: If we didn't see you today we probably got you on the radar for sometime down the road," said Lincoln County Sheriff David Carpenter.

Investigators told Eyewitness News that most of the charges in their operation begin with calls from their drug tip hotline. Investigators are looking for more help from the public for their next operation.