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'Operation Save Skid Row' targets over 2 dozen alleged drug dealers in notorious Downtown LA area
ABC7 Los Angeles • • nation
Key Points:
- Federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the LAPD, FBI, DEA, and IRS, launched "Operation Save Skid Row," targeting drug dealers in Downtown Los Angeles, resulting in 28 people being charged with drug-related offenses.
- The operation involved executing 44 search warrants across L.A. County, with 21 arrests made so far, focusing heavily on the Skid Row area, known for poverty, homelessness, and open-air drug markets.
- Authorities seized drugs such as methamphetamine, fentanyl, crack cocaine, PCP, and heroin, as well as cash and firearms, uncovering that many suspects disguised themselves as homeless individuals or social workers to evade detection.
- Law enforcement emphasized that the operation targeted drug dealers exploiting vulnerable populations, not homeless individuals, aiming to disrupt narcotics flow and reduce addiction-fueled crime in the community.
- Operation Save Skid Row follows a similar earlier sting in MacArthur Park and represents over six months of coordinated investigative efforts to combat drug trafficking in Los Angeles.
