NATCHEZ &8212; A countywide drug raid Thursday resulted in 33 arrests and the seizure of firearms, drugs and money.

Most of those arrested would be charged with sale of controlled substances, Natchez-Adams County Metro Narcotics Unit Commander Cliff Cox said.

They had warrants for 58 people, Cox said.

&8220;It&8217;s been pretty good,&8221; he said. &8220;Over 50 percent on the initial is pretty good.&8221;

The operation started at 5 a.m. Thursday and involved about 55 individuals from several organizations.

The Adams County Sheriff&8217;s Office, Natchez Police Department, Metro Narcotics, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the Concordia Parish Sheriff&8217;s Office Narcotics Task Force all participated, Cox said.

During the arrests, agents seized three pistols, nearly one pound of marijuana, two ounces of powder cocaine, 120 Lorcet pills, a misdemeanor amount of Promethazine with codeine, other pharmaceuticals and $693 in cash, he said.

The street value of the cocaine, depending on how it was sold, was $10,000 to $12,000, and the marijuana had a street value of about $1,000, Cox said.

Overall, the arrests went smoothly, Adams County Sheriff Ronny Brown said. One man had to be hit with a TASER after jumping out of a second story window, he said, but that was really the only major resistance they had.

Metro Narcotics had been working on the case for about a year and a half, working undercover and using video cameras to catch accused dealers in the act, Cox said.

&8220;We called it Operation Hollywood because we&8217;ll make them movie stars,&8221; he said.

Brown said the operation was a different way to catch people rather than have accused drug dealers trickle into the jail.

&8220;We want to show the public we&8217;re not going to let people stand on street corners and sell dope,&8221; Brown said.

Charlie Vess, the justice court judge handling the cases, said he would probably not start hearing cases until Tuesday. He said he would be out Monday and needed time to check criminal records.

&8220;We&8217;ll start Tuesday with the repeat offenders,&8221; Vess said.

&8220;The first-time offenders I may start on (Friday).&8221;

Brown said he was not bothered by the arrested people staying in his jail a few extra days.

&8220;Hopefully, it will serve as a deterrent,&8221; Brown said.

He said he plans to get back money spent on the operation through fines and bonds.

&8220;Whatever it cost Adams County to make the arrests, we&8217;ll charge them that much,&8221; Brown said.

He said he hopes bonds will be set at least at $1,000 each, and in some cases, more.

And looking farther down the road, Brown said he was confident in all the cases.

&8220;We do have evidence to convict every one of them,&8221; Brown said.