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Granville County sheriff's deputies busted a cockfighting operation on a property off Lawrence Road Saturday afternoon.

Dead chickens, guns and drugs: Dozens arrested in Granville County cockfighting ring bust

<p>HIGHLIGHTS NEXT. WELL, GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. I'M JULIAN GRACE. MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED DURING A COCKFIGHTING RING BUST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BUS HAPPENED OFF THE FIELD TO DRIVE IN GRANVILLE COUNTY WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES IS LIVE NEAR THAT SCENE. AND CARLY, WHAT IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHARED ABOUT TODAY'S BUST? &gt;&gt; I'M JULIANA DEPUTY IS BLOCKING THE ROAD RIGHT NOW. BUT EARLIER WE WERE ACTUALLY ESCORTED DOWN THIS ROAD WHERE WE HAD TO GET OUT OF OUR CARS AND WALKED A DEEP INTO THE WOODS IN ORDER TO SEE WHERE THIS ARENA WAS SET UP. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE SAW OUT. THERE WAS PRETTY HARD TO SEE BUCKETS OF DEAD ROOSTERS AND A WHOLE LOT OF CARS. THE GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE SO FAR THIS SEASON ABOUT 50 VEHICLES. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THOSE VEHICLES BEING TOWED AWAY AS WE'VE BEEN STANDING HERE. WE ALSO SAW TRAILERS FILLED WITH ROOSTERS THAT WERE BROUGHT HERE SPECIFICALLY TO FIGHT EACH OTHER. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO SEIZING DRUGS AND GUNS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY WERE JUST FROM THIS AREA OR EVEN JUST FROM NORTH CAROLINA. THEY CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT STATES. THEY WERE BETTING MONEY ON THESE FIGHTS. DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN OUT HERE FOR HOURS INVESTIGATING FACT, ARRESTS WERE STILL BEING MADE WHEN WE WERE THERE. DEPUTIES WERE PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAS TO ARREST THEM. BUT THIS WAS A BIG OPERATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS STILL PROCESSING THE SCENE RIGHT NOW AND SERVING THOSE SEARCH WARRANTS.</p>

Granville County Sheriff's office busts major cockfighting ring 

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A hero emerged during a swimming prelims session at La Defense Arena, when a stray sunken swim cap belonging to American Emma Weber delayed the start of the fifth and final women's 100m breaststroke heat.

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