Gang bust nets over 1,300 arrests! Kicker being 933 of those gang arrests were legal US citizens – PB/TK
Law enforcement nab hundreds in anti-gang operation in Houston, nationwide – By St. John Barned-Smith l May 11 2017
A nationwide anti-gang operation led to the arrest of nearly 1,400 transnational and local gang members, including more than 200 in the Houston and Corpus Christi areas, federal officials said Thursday.
Of the 1,378 people arrested, 445 were foreign nationals from 21 countries ranging from Guatemala to Kazakhstan to Mauritania. The rest were U.S. citizens.
Nearly 1,100 were known gang members and affiliates – including 137 Bloods, 118 Sureños, 104 MS-13 gang-members and 104 Crips.
Seized during the round-up nationwide were 238 firearms, 500 pounds of marijuana, 50 pounds of cocaine, 35 pounds of methamphetamine, seven pounds of heroin and a small amount of fentanyl, along with nearly $500,000 in U.S. currency.
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