Yesterday's arrests included 15 prostitutes, as well as customers, security officers and phone operators.

Sergeant Rowland said his squad's average arrests lately included one health care worker a week caught dealing in prescription drugs.

A dozen initial arrests included charges ranging from organized racketeering to grand theft and fraud.

The indictments and arrests on February 25, 1985 included eleven defendants:

The arrests include middle-level drug organization officials, many based in the United States, who helped in money-laundering operations.

The arrests brought the number of officers implicated in the precinct to 29 so far this year and for the first time included supervisors.

Four arrests included multiple charges, he said.

The arrests included some major group leaders, as well as their subordinates.

The 29 arrests yesterday included 9 truckers, all United States citizens.

The arrests included most of the leaders of his organization, the police said.