\nSuspects Arrested in Operation Hands Down <\/p>\n
On Thursday, May 28th, local, state and federal law enforcement officers teamed up for a large scale takedown operation where 43 search warrants were served at different locations throughout the San Joaquin Valley.<\/p>\n
This marked the culmination of a two month undercover investigation known as \u201cOperation Hands Down.\u201d \u00a0It focused on Mexican Mafia and Sure\u00f1o gang members committing various crimes. \u00a0This included: \u00a0Homicides, firearms trafficking, narcotics trafficking, shootings, robberies, assaults, sex offenses against minors and organized violence within custodial facilities.<\/p>\n
The results included 69 arrests, the seizure of 73 guns, many high capacity magazines and rounds of ammunition, the confiscation of various narcotics and cash. \u00a0The drugs included 55 lbs. of Methamphetamine, three pounds of Cocaine and a small amount of Fentanyl powder. \u00a0Nearly $165,000 was seized, which derived from narcotics trafficking, firearms sales and organized street gang taxes.<\/p>\n
The arrests of these men, women and children are expected to have an immediate impact on lowering violence across the Central Valley. \u00a0By disrupting these criminal organizations, we are confident our hard work will deliver a sense of peace to residents who deserve to feel safe in their communities.<\/p>\n
\nSuspects Arrested in Operation Hands Down
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The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC) would like to thank the numerous law enforcement agencies for their great assistance throughout this investigation. \u00a0In total, more than 500 law enforcement members participated. \u00a0Some of their specialized assignments are: \u00a0Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), Air Support Unit, K-9 Unit, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Incident Management Team (IMT), Dispatch Unit, Crime Analyst Unit and Fresno County Jail Correctional Officers.<\/p>\n
Participating agencies \/ task forces included: \u00a0<\/p>\n
– California Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Operations Unit (SOU)
– Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
– Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office
– Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
– California Highway Patrol (CHP)
– California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
– California Department of Fish and Wildlife
– U.S. Marshals Service
– Fresno Police Department
– Clovis Police Department
– Sanger Police Department
– Kingsburg Police Department
– Selma Police Department
– Reedley Police Department
– Coalinga Police Department
– Visalia Police Department
– Tulare County Sheriff\u2019s Regional Gun Violence Enforcement Team (TARGET)
– Kings County Sheriff\u2019s Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF)
– Madera County Sheriff\u2019s Office
– Madera Police Department
– Merced County Sheriff\u2019s Gang and Narcotic Enforcement Team (MAGNET)<\/p>\n
This remains an ongoing investigation. \u00a0Anyone with information that can help detectives, please report it by contacting the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 559-600-3111. \u00a0You may also contact Valley Crime Stoppers at 559-498-7867 or www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>\u00a0 You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, May 28th, local, state and federal law enforcement officers teamed up for a large scale takedown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-342592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}