AS THE RESULT OF A CITY WIDE DRUG INVESTIGATION, KINGSPORT POLICE VICE DETECTIVES HAVE MADE NUMEROUS ARRESTS, SEIZED SEVERAL VEHICLES AND RECOVERED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH. ACCORDING TO VICE DETECTIVE CLIFF FERGUSON, THE TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 2008 WAS THE SALE OF OXYCONTIN PILLS. THE PROBE LED TO THE SALE OF OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS. DETECTIVES ALSO SEIZED 15 VEHICLES. 46 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND MORE ARRESTS COULD BE FORTHCOMING.