Chicago police have arrested at least 15 people connected to a drug-trafficking operation run by the Black P Stones street gang on the Southeast Side.
The alleged ringleader, Eric Gauthreaux, 32, a reputed high-ranking leader of the gang and a nephew of the gang’s imprisoned co-founder Jeff Fort, was among those arrested early Wednesday on a warrant for felony criminal drug conspiracy, authorities said.
Police said the $15,000-a-day operation dealt mostly heroin and cocaine in an area dubbed “Terror Town” that is bounded by East 75th and 79th Streets, Yates Boulevard and Colfax Avenue.
The eight-month probe, led by the Chicago police gang investigation unit, also resulted in the arrests of 16 additional people who tried to buy drugs from undercover officers, authorities said.
The investigation began last September after a rash of violent crimes in the area, authorities said. The investigation was stepped up two months later after Chicago police Officer Michael Flisk, an evidence technician, was fatally shot in the area while on duty, authorities said. His murder wasn’t connected to the drug operation.
Also assisting in the probe were officers from the narcotics and gang enforcement units as well as from the Calumet Area
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