It took two days and a collaboration of different law enforcement agencies before a “crime suppression operation” ended with 17 arrests and the confiscation of illegal narcotics.Residents took notice of the activity as officers from the Lamesa Police Department (LPD) and outside agencies spent Thursday and Friday making traffic stops and conducting searches. They even utilized a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) helicopter in the operation.“The aim of the operation was to target and suppress general and specific crimes within our great community,” according to an LPD press release issued Saturday morning. “The cases made and cases closed during ...