{"id":255635,"date":"2026-05-02T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255635\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:34:07","slug":"two-month-long-operation-leads-to-arrest-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255635\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-month long operation leads to arrest, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A two-month narcotics investigation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office gang unit led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of drugs, firearms and cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detectives said they conducted a buy\/bust operation during the investigation and arrested Jose Dehoyos, 32, after he delivered two ounces of cocaine to an undercover detective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/05\/01\/vehicle-possible-driver-located-fatal-bradenton-hit-and-run\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/05\/01\/vehicle-possible-driver-located-fatal-bradenton-hit-and-run\/\">Driver arrested in fatal Bradenton hit-and-run crash now facing additional charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Following the arrest, deputies executed two residential search warrants in South Tampa and on Davis Islands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies said they recovered more than five pounds of cocaine, five pounds of marijuana, multiple prescription pills, four pistols and about $40,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Joshua Dehoyos, 48, was also taken into custody as a result of the investigation, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A two-month narcotics investigation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office gang unit led to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[21347,3475,135,111161,137,136],"class_list":["post-255635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-florida-crime","tag-florida-man","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-gangs","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255635","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=255635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}