. >> reporter: turns out they lived across the street from guy vigna. >> she is an amazing woman. with her. my son actually walked many times. he hated the stigma of heroin. he was ashamed and embarrassed about it. >> reporter: the day ends with a lot of fanfare. a news conference announcing a major drug bust. the total amount of heroin was 3,426 grams. >> reporter: more than 50 supposed dealers taken off the streets. authorities hope this will be a model for other communities across the country. it seems like you didn't bust a heroin ring, didn't take kingpins off the street, didn't you round up a bunch of junkies here. >> we certainly deidn't do as much as we could do. there is more. >> reporter: does it make a dent in the problem? >> we can only do what we can do and try to aggressively pursue the distributors of heroin. that's one small piece of the overall fight against the epidemic. >> reporter: do you think this will even make a dent in the problem? >> we have got to do something. so, let's start making a little dent here. a little dent there. and maybe -- you know, we can