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Friday, September 21, 2012  Federal prosecutors say a woman who admitted stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a South Carolina tourism group should spend less time in prison because of her help in drug cases.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  Officers with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) arrested four men and seized more than 150 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Keisha Tucker recently moved back to the Dixonville area of Kershaw County to help her mom, who’s battling bone cancer.  She says she didn't realize she was moving back into the middle of a drug battle between police and neighborhood trouble makers.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  Kershaw County deputies raided a home in the Dixonville area of Elgin over the weekend and arrested several people and seized nine dogs.

Monday, January 23, 2012  Kershaw County narcotics investigators have arrested five people and seized nine dogs from a home in an area with a history for drug activity.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Lee County authorities say they have arrested 12 people in a drug operation they have been tracking since August. Sheriff Daniel Simon says Operation “Pilgrim Pride” focused on several areas within the Bishopville city limits and the Sugar Hill Section of Ashland.

Monday, April 18, 2011  Furman football coach Bruce Fowler has kicked three players off the team and suspended two more after drug arrests on campus.