Updated 12:50 p.m. June 1

By ANDY GARDNER

There was a large-scale drug bust in St. Lawrence County and around New York state and New Jersey, according to Sheriff Kevin Wells.

“This is a multi-agency investigation happening since August,” Wells said. “More than 100 warrants have been issued out of the long-term investigation with multiple agencies and the state Attorney General’s office.

“Today (Thursday) at this point there’s about 91 in custody in this county, New Jersey, Syracuse, NYC, Buffalo,” Wells said shortly after noon.

Wells said just about every law enforcement agency in St. Lawrence County was involved, plus federal authorities.

Massena police were serving arrest warrants all morning. Chief Adam Love said as of 12:45 p.m., his officers had hit 20 locations and arrested 31 people.

Early this morning in the village, a portion of Maple Street was temporarily blocked as officers raided a home there.

A militarized state police CERT team used an armored Bearcat vehicle to ram through the front door of 72 Maple St. while making the arrests. Two people were taken into custody at that address, Love said.

A video showing that is here. It contains language some may find objectionable. The vehicle goes through the door around the 1:45 mark. A closer view of the incident is here.

Love said Massena police made their arrests without incident and received a positive reaction from people living near addresses where they were picking up suspects.

“Everything went well," Love said. "There were reactions with community members clapping, it was positive.”

Wells said the attorney general would release a statement on the arrests in the near future.

Police said law enforcement will hold a press conference on the bust on Friday at 11 a.m. at the county jail in Canton.