At least 300 federal agents descended on Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park in a massive drug raid targeting Mexican cartels.
At least 17 people were arrested and 19 kilos of fentanyl were seized.
The Sinaloa cartel brought the fentanyl and meth to the area controlled by the 18th street gang and rival MS-13, according to Fox News reporter Matt Finn.
Fox 11 reported:
Federal and local law enforcement are conducting a massive drug raid at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon.
The raid is spearheaded by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and also involves Los Angeles police, authorities said.
At least 17 people have been arrested, FOX LA confirmed. The raid is part of the Department of Justice’s Free MacArthur Park operation, which aims to address the park’s “open air drug market.”
The operation also included arrests in San Gabriel and Calabasas, authorities said.
Federal authorities say they have recovered 19 kilograms of fentanyl, worth more than $10 million.
The DEA says it’s targeting drug dealers related to cartels.
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