Nearly 100 charged in Colorado's largest drug bust DENVER -- Seventy-five people were arrested and 18 more were being sought Thursday in what Colorado authorities described as the largest drug bust in the state's history. In a series of raids conducted by more than 500 agents and officers, authorities seized 11 weapons, including assault rifles and handguns, $415,140 in cash, and more 26,000 grams of cocaine, 1,000 grams of crack and a pound of methamphetamine. Among those arrested were 25 alleged gang members and associates who have also been charged in connection with 16 violent "take-over" bank robberies in Colorado, authorities said. Twelve children were removed from homes where agents say drugs, guns and cash were stored. Several of those arrested made their first court appearances Thursday and were advised of their rights. They will be arraigned next week. The arrests are a culmination of four separate crime investigations that agents noticed were overlapping with the common goal of drug trafficking. "Today our streets are safer, and the drug trade in Colorado has suffered a massive blow," U.S. Attorney John Wlash said in a press release. He called the arrests the largest drug bust in Colorado history.