Deputies say Merced County leads the state in meth-related incidents, and this is part of the ongoing effort to crack down on the area's drug problem.
Deputy Kevin Blake, Merced Co. Sheriff's Dept.: "This operation had an emphasis on street level dealers is not going to be tolerated and we're going to be after them aggressively."
Delhi's Harmony Elementary School was put on lockdown as a precaution during Friday morning's searches.