Mr. Giuliani stressed that the drug sweep's goal had been misconstrued.

Even so, drug sweeps tend to be concentrated in inner cities, which are widely viewed as the sole source of the problem.

But residents at the Ingersoll Houses offered a mixed view of life before and after the drug sweep.

Police arrest 14 in drug sweep in neighborhood where principal was killed.

They were stopped in Fort Worth by local police doing a routine drug sweep on the train.

Customs officials believe that drug traffickers threw them overboard during a drug sweep on Sunday.

The officers were conducting a drug sweep at the Park Hill apartment complex.

A month ago, a drug sweep cleared out dealers and shuttered stores used as drug markets.

The drug sweeps were repeated last March, with 56 arrests.

Ms. Harley had just been arrested by the police on the street in a drug sweep.