Butler County, here is a truth so certain you can bank on it. The big-city drug dealers who come to our little town seeking their fortunes tend not to be very bright. The two brothers from Los Angeles, who were arrested here last week on multiple felony drug counts, make a prime example.

Deandre M. Sanders, 34, and Daveion L. Sanders, 27, were seized by state narcotics agents and troopers, along with about two pounds of cocaine, more than 1,400 doses of opioid painkillers, $35,000 cash, weapons and additional contraband from the Walker Avenue duplex where they had been staying. They’re not staying there anymore, now that they’re in the Butler County Prison on $1 million cash bond each.

Two years ago, when we were collectively still wringing our hands over what to do about a community-wide drug problem we could barely admit, these out-of-town thugs frightened us. They cowed us into silence. And we played right along, conditioned by our own tradition that went something like this: “Snitches get stitches.”

But since then, we’ve awakened to a certain truth. We realize that we can’t stand silent while these criminals poison our loved ones, often fatally, always tragically.

So we taught ourselves to think another way. We formed a neighborhood drug watch. We looked out for our neighbors. We started reporting suspect activity, knowing — especially at first — that we might draw retaliation and ridicule, whether our reports of suspicious activity were accurate or not.

The law requires that Deandre Sanders and Daveion Sanders are presumed innocent until proven guilty, and we must grant them that courtesy. That said, police were aware of their alleged activity in great detail — so much so, that they knew when and where Deandre Sanders would be driving his Lexus to southern Butler County on Thursday to deliver four ounces of alleged cocaine, and were waiting to apprehend him when he parked there.

As it turns out, informant has been making controlled buys from the Walker Avenue duplex for a while.

One conclusion might be that the Brothers Sanders got careless. They might have let too many individuals get too close to their distribution nerve center — they made their location vulnerable. Then again, a Lexus parked on a South Side street is not the most inconspicuous ride. It doesn’t blend in.

Says who? Says the people who called the police department, anonymously and otherwise, with information of suspicious activity in their neighborhood — yes, it might be nothing, but could a patrolman come check it out anyway?

People of Butler, maybe this was a bit of a David versus Goliath match-up. These two alleged big-city LA thugs being held on a million dollars apiece are dangerous criminals. But guess what: You won. You helped take ’em down. State prosecutors are taking command of the court case, and federal prosecutors reportedly are joining the case, too.

The objective is to send a loud, clear and unified message to regions like Los Angeles: Don’t even think about exporting more stupid criminals to Western Pennsylvania.

That should be cause for celebration.