A major drug bust in Wake County resulted in the arrest of 17 people, who appeared virtually in court Thursday.

According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, 30-year-old Zackary Richard Upton and 54-year-old Christina Gardner Jones took a 3-year-old girl Wednesday from Benson Road in Garner.

Agents were seen bringing out multiple guns and evidence bags. Men and women ranging in age from 20 to 66 were arrested as ...

Wake County law enforcement arrested 17 people in a targeted operation aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks, with charges including opioid and cocaine trafficking, firearm possession and ...

Seventeen people were arrested, and prepackaged cocaine, marijuana, dozens of firearms, cash and even fentanyl were ...

The investigation began Feb. 9 when deputies responded to a report of a sexual assault at a home in the eastern part of the county.