{"id":256864,"date":"2026-05-03T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256864\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:05:07","slug":"florida-gang-unit-dismantles-vice-lords-drug-operation-seizes-five-pounds-of-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256864\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida gang unit dismantles Vice Lords drug operation, seizes five pounds of cocaine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOUTH TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A two-month undercover investigation into the Vice Lords gang ended with $40,000 in cash and five pounds of cocaine seized from homes in South Tampa and Davis Islands.<\/p>\n

Investigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> Gang Unit announced the arrest on Saturday and say the operation focused on members of the Vice Lords gang.<\/p>\n

During the probe, investigators say they conducted a buy and bust operation that ended in the arrests of 32-year-old Jose Dehoyos after he allegedly delivered two ounces of cocaine to an undercover. <\/p>\n

Following his arrest, investigators reported that they conducted two search warrants at residences in South Tampa and Davis Island.<\/p>\n

See also: Secret Service arrests man after disturbance at Trump National Doral<\/a><\/p>\n

Inside the homes, investigators reportedly recovered over five pounds of cocaine, four pistols, $40,000 in cash, five pounds of marijuana, and a variety of prescription pills.<\/p>\n

The search warrant also ended in the arrest of a second gang member, 48-year-old Joshua Dehoyos.<\/p>\n

Deputies found probable cause to book Jose Dehoyos for two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device and two counts of trafficking in cocaine. Joshua was booked on separate counts, including felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance, trafficking in cocaine over 400 grams, five counts of possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A two-month undercover investigation into the Vice Lords gang ended with $40,000 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-256864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256864","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=256864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}