{"id":219905,"date":"2026-04-05T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219905\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:02:10","slug":"miami-beach-spring-break-ends-with-200-firearm-investigations-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219905\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach spring break ends with 200+ firearm investigations, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach police report 200+ firearm investigations as spring break ends <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 The busiest spring break weekends in Miami Beach have come and gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI thought it was more peaceful than it was last year. I really didn\u2019t mind it,\u201d a resident said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Now that it\u2019s over, the Miami Beach Police Department is sharing its end-of-spring break numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers report more than 200 firearm-related investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The department also released photos of guns now locked up in evidence. Some were reported stolen, others were taken from convicted felons during arrests, and one had an obliterated serial number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say officers also seized drugs, including cannabis, MDMA and promethazine hydrochloride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLess drugs is always better on the streets. The more you take off, the safer it\u2019s going to be,\u201d a resident said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In 2024, the city began cracking down with stricter rules and enforcement after previous spring breaks brought violence, including shootings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This year, the city shifted toward a more health-focused approach instead of a party-heavy atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Visitors appeared to embrace that change, making use of the beach gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police credit their Operation Trigger Lock program for helping officers target people with bad intentions. The operation includes specialized units such as robbery, human trafficking and special investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Magdala Louissaint\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/37f8699f-d0f0-420f-8dfa-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Magdala Louissaint<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Magdala Louissaint joined WPLG in August 2025 and is thrilled to call South Florida home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM Miami Beach police report 200+ firearm investigations as spring break ends MIAMI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-219905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}