Family owned businesses are one of the landmarks of the American dream. Many Families across the nation struggle for generations in order to build a successful operation that can sustain itself and keep the family employed. Well, according to authorities, two cousins did just that when they began running a cocaine operation out of their grandmother’s home in Elyria, Ohio. In total, 34 people have been arrested in connection with the operation, 30 of them being relatives. The bust was successfully carried out due to a successful joint operation with the Elyria police narcotics unit, Lorain Police Narcotics and the Lorain County Sheriff’s drug enforcement, which in total executed 12 search warrants.
The cousins, Jarvis Burns, 33, and Travis Milton, 32, allegedly ran the business out of the grandmothers home. When authorities arrive at the scene they found more than 3300 grams of cocaine, over 97 grams marijuana, five handguns, 20 grams of heroin, 10 cars and over $84,000 in cash. Sergeant Jim welsh with the Elyria police had this to say: “This family in this organization has been around for decades in Elyria, so we used probably a decades worth of intelligence and information to develop this case.”
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