Posted on 09/17/2022 10:12:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FBI agents arrested about 6,000 alleged violent criminals across the United States over the past four months and have seized more than 2,700 firearms and large quantities of fentanyl, the bureau announced Tuesday.
“Violent crime is on the minds of a lot of Americans right now and top of mind for police chiefs and sheriffs, who constantly tell me that the rising rate of gun and gang violence is one of their most important and difficult challenges,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a video message about the operation.
The FBI, which has faced increasing criticism about its targeting of former President Donald Trump and his supporters, said that its agents and local law enforcement officials arrested nearly 6,000 alleged violent criminals and gang members. It also seized more than 2,700 firearms connected to criminal conduct.
Those operations were carried out in California, Texas, Hawaii, Illinois, New Mexico, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico.
“The Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs arrested 28 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Eastside Playboys street gang for alleged federal racketeering, firearms, and narcotics charges,” the FBI said in providing an example. “The task force seized approximately 47 firearms, almost 200 kilograms of methamphetamine, 27 kilograms of cocaine, more than 13 kilograms of fentanyl, and more than seven kilograms of heroin.”
The agency also said its gang task force executed 16 federal search warrants targeting prison and street gangs around Albuquerque, New Mexico. They “seized more than one million fentanyl pills, 142 pounds of methamphetamine, 37 firearms, nine ballistic vests, two hand grenades, and $1.8 million in cash,” the bureau said.
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How would I know what a violent criminal is?
I’m not a criminologist.
6,000/50 = 120 per state (on average) in four months, or one arrest per state per day. Why haven’t we heard about any of these arrests until now? It seems unlikely that these arrests would have mostly occurred one at a time, but that many were crackdowns on some sort of organized smuggling or trafficking operations, with multiple arrests per incident. Were these arrests kept quiet because the administration was trying to cover up all of the problems surrounding the border crisis?
When will that sleaze bag Wray admit it’s because of the open border
Probably just another FBI lie, trying to make it look like they are actually doing their job when in fact they are spending most of their time harassing Trump voters, POd parents, and investigating garage pull ropes.
FBI is run by biased crap ass criminals.
Once proud law enforcement agency it has become a tool of the democrats.
The agency covers for criminals like the Clintons.
The amount of firearms taken seems low. I wonder if the good ones never made it to the evidence locker because usually the criminals are better armed.
After Hoover politicized the fibs, they have never recovered to being just a good police force that can travel across state and international boundaries. Besides if they really arrested scumbags in DC their would not be any good parties to attend.
“almost 200 kilograms of methamphetamine, 27 kilograms of cocaine, more than 13 kilograms of fentanyl, and more than seven kilograms of heroin”
Slow day in LA
“Shoot, A Fella' Could Have A Pretty Good Weekend In Vegas With All That Stuff.”
Perhaps Sinaloa/CIA is making a move to take over domestic gangs and the FBI is, as usual, suppressing the competition.
This is typical Feds / FBI. Locals made the arrests. At the end the FBI came into the jail and arrested them on federal charges. 95%+ of federal arrests are made in jails.
Good! Continue rounding up the dope fiends, and get out of politics.
Fake News Alert
Some of these arrests are probably fake. They are likely just arresting themselves, their paid informants, so they can look like they are fighting crime. If they were serious we would see those crime numbers coming down but we don’t.
My, My. We have become so cynical. Funny and I agree.
Not the ones in NM. They got tons of fentanyl pills, wheelbarrows (literally) of cash, and an alligator. There was also evidence of a tiger at the residence, but nobody can find it. Never a dull moment in Albuquerque.
FBI seized one million Fentanyl pills? Huh? If true this is scary as heck. One could imply that many more millions were not seized.
If the fella was named Hunter.
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