These yearlong investigations involved months of federal wiretaps, dozens of undercover drug and gun buys and extensive surveillance. Many of the defendants are scheduled to be arraigned before U.S. Authorities are continuing to search for 10 defendants. Twenty one were arrested this week, including 18 this morning the rest were already in custody. The crackdown announced today is the latest in a series of efforts by the Department of Justice to turn the tide of the opioid epidemic and reduce the inevitable violent crime that accompanies widespread drug trafficking.Įarly this morning, more than 100 members of the North County Regional Gang Task Force, the FBI SWAT team, plus other law enforcement agencies made numerous arrests and, both today and during the course of the investigation, searched more than a dozen locations in Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, and elsewhere in North County.Īs of today at noon, 27 of the 37 defendants are either in federal or state custody. SAN DIEGO – Eleven federal indictments unsealed in San Diego today charge 37 defendants with heroin, methamphetamine and firearms trafficking, in many cases within feet of North County schools.
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