LONGMONT — Longmont police announced Wednesday morning that a six-month long investigation into a methamphetamine ring pulled dangerous felons, weapons and five pounds of meth off of the streets.

SWAT teams served search warrants in Longmont, Loveland, Greeley and Berthoud, and a top supplier was arrested after he fled from officers on Tuesday evening and crashed a rented 2014 Mustang into a PT cruiser in Aurora. Terry “Bridge” Romero was arrested in Aurora after fighting briefly with officers. A .45-caliber handgun was recovered along with a bag of meth, needle of heroin, and balloons of heroin from his wrecked car, according to police.

Longmont Police Special Enforcement Unit Sgt. Sean Harper said the investigation started with a tip that a Loveland-based couple — Michael “Kid Rock” Kaiser and his wife, Geraldine Vodicka — were moving large quantities of meth to northern Colorado communities. Police called the investigation Operation Bad Nickname.

“They were operating largely out of their house in Loveland, and a majority of the meth had been landing in the community of Longmont,” he said.

Police started to investigate the couple and traced the meth supplies to Romero and another supplier. The arrests netted suspected suppliers and a top level dealer, Servando Gandara, according to police. Police arrested Vodicka and seized 3.025 pounds of methamphetamine from her as she met with Gandara in the parking lot of the Walmart at 136th Avenue and Interstate 25 on Sunday, according to reports.

Suspected large quantity dealers Josh “Stacker” Ward, Oraina Ward, Ray Nieto, Brice “Deuce” Korte, Jose Prieto and Josh “White Trash” Washbourne also were arrested or are already in jail on unrelated charges. They face drug possession, distribution and organized crime charges. Richard Mora is still wanted.

Harper said officers collected another two pounds of meth from the suspects over the course of the investigation, which used wiretaps to track the ring. The investigation is ongoing for lower-level players.

Harper said five pounds of methamphetamine can be cut into as much as 10 pounds at the street level as each level of dealer “stomps on it” to stretch supplies.

Police reported that more than $250,000 worth of meth was seized, stolen cars were recovered and multiple weapons were taken from suspects.

Longmont police worked with the Drug Enforcement Agency, Larimer County Crime Impact Unit and the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force on the investigation. Prosecutors obtained wiretap warrants for five phones, according to reports. Romero was arrested with assistance from the Denver and Aurora police departments.

Pierrette J. Shields can be reached at 303-684-5273 or at pshields@times-call.com.