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8/11RJE0930 DALLAS NARCOTICS RAID Allie Martin to Roy Eaton The second narcotics raid in two weeks resulted in the arrest of of eight persons in Dallas this morning. Dallas police along with state and federal narcotics officers took part in the roundup that began at five this morning. Those arrested today were the subject of a dozen secret indictments returned by the Dallas county grand jury last week. Officers said that four persons who were companions of the eight arrested early today were also jailed. All of them are charged with the sale of heroin, speed and marijuana to undercover officers. At two of the locations raided today officers located quantities of marijuana and other drugs. Officers told WRAP NEWS that as a result of todays arrests several drug store burgularies will be cleared. Lt. Frank Cornwall of the Dallas police narcotics section described those arrested today as a totally different group from those jailed in a similar roundup last week. Todays suspects were generally from the Oak Cliff, East Dallas, and White Rock lake areas. Cornwall said todays raids were a continuing phase of the departments strict enforcement operatins against both narcotics pushers and users.