LARCHWOOD, IA (KELO.com) -- Nearly a dozen people were busted for drugs in the parking lot of the Grand Falls Casino near Sioux Falls over the weekend.
The Lyon County Iowa Sheriff's Office says it was an undercover operation prompted by an increase in crime in the parking lot.
The suspects hailed from all over Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota, and ranged in age from 25 to 56.
The operation netted 11 total arrests. All of the arrests were for possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Sheriff's Office did not specify the type of drugs involved, nor why the parking lot of the popular casino has become such a magnet for crime.