Two stolen vehicles, three confiscated firearms and five drug seizures marked the two-day Operation Lone
Star with Wharton County Sheriff’s deputies taking place in Refugio County last week. The effort, about 100 miles to the southwest of it’s normal patrolling grounds, targeted illegal operations stemming from human trafficking or border incursions. Deputies from Goliad, Bee, Brooks, Jackson, Kleberg and Wilson counties joined as well, collectively making 110 traffic stops. The Operation Lone Star effort netted 26 total arrests – three fugitive, five felony, four misdemeanor, 13 illegal aliens and one juvenile.