It might be fair to say it’s “crazy, but that’s how it happens,” after the Bay State’s attorney general announced the fruits of an 11-month investigation called “Operation Crazy Train”.

Thursday’s announcement is not an anecdote taken from a relaunch of The Osbournesbut is the product of cooperation between the Massachusetts State Police’s Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction and Enforcement Team and the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Cross-Border Initiative – nearly a year of which “has resulted in the execution of search warrants at 15 locations in Methuen and Lawrence.” and the arrest of 11 people.

“During the takedown, troopers, officers and agents seized approximately 2.5 kilograms of fentanyl, 193 grams of cocaine, 225 grams of methamphetamine, 206 grams of pills, 30 grams of crack cocaine, two large firearms capacity and a magazine containing 15 of the rounds, as well as additional ammunition,” Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office said in a statement.

According to the AG’s office, starting in May, investigators were authorized by the court to intercept the communications of “seven cell phones of individuals targeted via wiretap.” After four months of listening, the attorney general’s office said it was led to the person who allegedly supplied drugs to the “first drug trafficking organization” initially targeted, a Lawrence man named Yasil DeLossantos.

“The AGO and MSP obtained authorization to tap the cell phones of DeLossantos and three others. All of these individuals, including DeLossantos, were confirmed to have supplied narcotics to other drug trafficking operations with their own clientele,” the AG’s office said in its statement.

The investigation, according to the attorney general’s office, required authorization for “well over” 100 search warrants. Evidence obtained through wiretapping, “controlled” drug purchases, camera surveillance, and GPS tracking of cell phones and vehicles culminated Wednesday morning in the search of more than a dozen locations in Methuen and Lawrence and arrest warrants for a dozen suspects.

“The execution of these search warrants occurred simultaneously with more than 200 law enforcement personnel from MSP, DEA, and local police departments in Massachusetts and New Hampshire,” the office said. ‘AG.

Identified by the AG as facing a litany of charges, ranging from weapons offenses to trafficking fentanyl or cocaine, are Methuen residents Alexander Franco Melo, 23; Edwin Arias Melo, 24; Lauris Marché Victoria, 29 years old; Cristian González Cosme, 50 years old; Angel Franco Romero, 48 years old; Luis Arias Mateo, 30 years old; as well as residents Lawrence DeLossantos, 33; Angel Luis Medina Melo, 31 years old; Santo Marte-Aybar, 34 years old; Franklin Avalo, 34; and Julio Baez, 32.

A 12th man, Guerin Lara Vizcaino, 25, of Lawrence, has not been apprehended but is wanted by authorities, the prosecutor’s office said.

All defendants are scheduled to appear in Lawrence District Court on Nov. 4 for probable cause hearings.