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One by one, they entered the courtroom — the suspects arrested in Clark County’s largest drug bust in recent memory. The first 13 who appeared were women, followed by dozens of men.

In all, 49 drug suspects faced a judge Friday.

The huge number caused headaches for the Clark County Courthouse. The court had to open a special morning docket to get through all the cases. A second docket in the afternoon was added to finish them up.

The unusually long process started at 9 a.m. and concluded at 3:15 p.m., with a lunch break in between. Two Superior Court judges, Barbara Johnson and Dan Stahnke, were delegated to tackle the huge dockets. More than 35 defense lawyers were pooled to represent the indigent defendants. Three interpreters were on hand.

The massive court process came a day after Operation Gang Green, an investigation by the Clark-Skamania Drug Task Force that netted about 6,800 marijuana plants following raids on 56 Clark County locations. The operation involved about 300 police officers.