HALIFAX, Va. (AP) -- Halifax County's sheriff says authorities have busted a dogfighting and drug trafficking ring.
Sheriff Stanley Noblin tells WSLS-TV that about 41 dogs, mostly pit bulls, were seized in Wednesday's raid in the northern end of the county. Four people have been arrested, but names and charges were not immediately available.
Noblin says many of the dogs had scars and other wounds. Authorities also found dog carcasses and skeletal remains on the site.
Drugs, guns, cash and dogfighting paraphernalia were seized.
Noblin says local and federal authorities began investigating after receiving complaints from residents nearly a year ago.
