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Skid Row drug bust: LAPD and feds target gang-run operation in sweeping raid
FOX 11 Los Angeles • • nation
Key Points:
- A large-scale law enforcement operation called 'Operation Save Skid Row' targeted over two dozen alleged drug dealers preying on the homeless and addicts in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, resulting in 23 arrests and ongoing searches.
- The FBI, DEA, ATF, LAPD, and other agencies collaborated in this multi-month investigation, focusing on nearly 30 locations primarily around 5th and Crocker Street, confiscating drugs, firearms, and cash.
- Officials emphasized that the crackdown targets drug dealers exploiting vulnerable populations, not the homeless themselves, noting that suspects used disguises and makeshift structures to conceal drug sales.
- Among those arrested are alleged gang-affiliated dealers linked to groups like the Raymond Avenue Crips and Pueblo Bishops Bloods, with some suspects using luxury vehicles and disguising themselves as unhoused individuals to avoid detection.
- The operation extends beyond Skid Row into other parts of Los Angeles County and neighboring counties, with authorities vowing continued zero-tolerance enforcement against entrenched drug trafficking networks.
