(SOUTHERN ILLINOIS) — Local drug sweeps continued in Marion County, with multiple agencies spreading across the county to arrest more than 20 individuals on methamphetamine related charges since Friday. Additional arrests are anticipated, but 19 individuals were arrested Friday, with 15 of those charged with the delivery of meth precursors. Four teams consisting of 30 officers served Friday’s warrants, they came from agencies including the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Marshals Service, State Police Methamphetamine Response Unit along with Salem, Centralia, Wamac, Sandoval, Alma, Kinmundy and Iuka police departments. Friday’s arrests come just over a week after 16 individuals were arrested in an earlier drug sweep through Marion County. Additional arrests and charges came later in the week, with some of those individuals appearing on those charges Friday morning in U.S. Federal Court in East St. Louis. Meanwhile, 20 people were recently arrested following an investigation into drug distribution and possession in Franklin County. WSIL-TV reports the arrests are the result of investigations by the Illinois State Police/Southern Illinois Drug Task Force. The task force is comprised of officers from Illinois State Police, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Police Department, Sesser Police Department, West City Police Department, and the Zeigler Police Department.