Courtesy Photo­Image Michael Gilmore

Courtesy Photo­Image Jibril Nur

Courtesy Photo­Image Albert Jaso

Courtesy Photo­Image Stephanie Carlson

Courtesy Photo­Image Charles Albertson

Courtesy Photo­Image Toby Grieser

Courtesy Photo­Image Jason Costanza

Courtesy Photo­Image Troy Kraft

Courtesy Photo­Image Shavon McCourt

Courtesy Photo­Image Dennis Hines

Courtesy Photo­Image Bill Smith

Courtesy Photo­Image Jorge Yzeta

Courtesy Photo­Image Michael Willits

Fourteen suspected drug dealers in Cozad and Lexington were rounded up Friday by several cooperating law enforcement agencies.

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After more than a year of investigation, the Nebraska State Patrol said a total of 12 men and two women were arrested. They are charged with distributing a controlled substance or aiding and abetting the distribution of drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and pharmaceuticals.

One of the men was a 17-year-old teen whose name was not revealed.

The NSP list of those arrested:

From Lexington

Bill Smith, 64, white.

Dennis Hines, 55, black.

Jibril Nur, 22, black.

Michael Gilmore, 54, black.

Shavon McCourt, 32, white female.

Jorge Yzeta, 34, hispanic.

From Cozad

Toby Grieser, 31, white.

Jason Costanza, 27, white.

Troy Kraft, 25, white.

Charles Albertson, 34, white.

Stephanie Carlson, 30, white female.

Michael Willits, 23, white.

Elsewhere

Albert Jaso, 30, white, currently in custody in the South Dakota Penitentiary.

Juvenile, 17, male (name withheld).

The investigation and arrests were made by a CODE (Cooperating Drug Enforcement) task force involving police departments in Lexington, North Platte, Broken Bow and Cozad; Sheriff's offices in Dawson, Custer and Red Willow counties; the Nebraska State Patrol, the FBI, the DEA and the Department of Homeland Security, according to the announcement.

The CODE task force works together in 22 west central and southwest Nebraska counties. It is funded in part by a federal grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and administered by a state agency -- the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.

Photos of most of those arrested were not immediately available. Most of the photos were added Dec. 3. -Editor