Memphis Police Department unit's crackdown on meth nets 49 arrests

Ten people arrested over the weekend are among dozens charged in a Memphis Police Organized Crime Unit investigation with supplying the essential ingredients to methamphetamine "cooks." Since noticing an uptick in meth on the streets last summer, OCU devoted officers full time to "Operation Ephedrine Outlaw" to cut off the source of material used for making the illegal drug, said Lt. Mike ...