State Says $3.5M Meth Ring Included Lehigh Valley

'Operation Blowout' will be announced by state attorney general at a news conference this morning.

State investigators say they've broken a $3.5 million methamphetamine operation that stretched from Philadelphia to the northern tier of Pennsylvania, including the Lehigh Valley. Investigators with the state attorney general's office were expected to announce details of the ring -- and the 27 arrests they've made -- at a news conference this morning in Philadelphia, the Morning Call reports. The announcement comes a little more than a month after the attorney general charged six men with operating a $1 million meth operation in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Patch will have more on today's announcement after the news conference. 

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2 Bethlehem Men Part of Busted Major Meth Ring

Robert Thornton Jr., 28, of E. Fifth St., and Anthony Serratore, 35, of Chester Road, were part of six-man, valleywide, meth selling ring.

Major Lehigh Valley Meth Ring Busted, AG Says

A million-dollar meth ring operating in the Lehigh Valley has been busted, according to Pennsylvania's attorney general.

UPDATED: 7:30 PM HARRISBURG - Agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation along with local police officers are in the process of arresting six suspected drug dealers allegedly linked to a million-dollar crystal methamphetamine ring that operated in the Lehigh Valley. Attorney General Linda Kelly said Wednesday that the six men were identified as the main distributors in a crystal methamphetamine ring that operated in and around Lehigh and Northampton counties: Anthony "Skinny" Serratore, Johnny "Amigo" Constanza, Edward "Eddie" Pope Jr., Michael Corby, Robert Thornton Jr. and William Lavenburg. Evidence and testimony regarding the alleged criminal activity was presented to a statewide investigating grand jury, …

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