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The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, Rocky Mount Police Dept and Tar River Regional Drug Task Force to arrest 8 member of the “Sex Money Murder” blood gang set.

With a search warrant, investigators were able to arrest the 8 members, and seized 520 bags of Heroin, nearly $14,000 in cash, 3 handguns and crack cocaine. The house searched was used by the gang to distribute heroin and cocaine in the area.