{"id":406615,"date":"2026-07-21T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406615\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:37:11","slug":"dea-agents-conduct-drug-enforcement-operation-at-mid-wilshire-home-at-least-1-person-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406615\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA agents conduct drug enforcement operation at Mid-Wilshire home, at least 1 person detained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, July 21, 2026 2:18PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"DEA agents conduct drug enforcement operation in Mid-Wilshire\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Federal authorities on Tuesday morning conducted a drug enforcement operation at a home in Mid-Wilshire, detaining at least one person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We can confirm that personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Los Angeles Field Division conducted a drug enforcement operation on 400 block of S. Wilton Place in Los Angeles, this morning,&#8221; the agency said in a statement. &#8220;As this is an ongoing investigation, DEA will not be providing additional information at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Video from AIR7 showed at least 15 DEA agents in tactical gear outside a multi-story residence near the intersection of Wilton Place and Fourth Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Two of the agents were seen in the driveway speaking with a woman seated in a chair and a shirtless man whose hands were bound in front of him with zip ties. The trunks of two vehicles in the driveway were open, and an armored vehicle was parked on the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Reached by ABC7 for comment, an LAPD spokesperson said the Los Angeles Police Department was not aware of the operation.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, July 21, 2026 2:18PM LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Federal authorities on Tuesday morning conducted a drug enforcement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[163010,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-406615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-163010","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406615","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=406615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}