California's AG office, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement allies, revealed yesterday the apprehension of 32 suspects, the confiscation of 57 illegal weapons, and illicit drugs in Fresno County.
The operation, known as "Gridlock," commenced in October 2023, focusing on an organized criminal group linked to criminal street gangs allegedly involved in escalating violence, such as homicides, human trafficking, and illegal firearms in the Fresno region.
The AG's office says, the inquiry was spearheaded by the MAGEC task force of Fresno County Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium, in conjunction with the Fresno Police Department, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, High Impact Investigation Team (HIIT) of the California Department of Justice, California Highway Patrol, Clovis Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fresno County District Attorney’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Homeland Security Investigations.
“Operation Gridlock is one of the largest investigative operations the Fresno Police Department has initiated,” said Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama. “It started with several gang shootings that occurred in the Fall of 2023 and culminated into an extensive cooperative investigation involving 10 local, state and federal law enforcement partners. This collaborative effort resulted in 48 search warrants and 32 arrest warrants, all related to gangs, homicides, shootings, drugs, illegal guns and human trafficking….”
According to the press release, during the operation, law enforcement agencies confiscated 57 firearms, which included ghost guns, AR-style rifles, and semi-automatic handguns, along with extended magazines, ammunition, body armor, illicit drugs such as methamphetamine, and around $30,000 in cash.
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California share they will handle the prosecution of the case, as both state and federal search warrants and arrest warrants were issued in connection with the operation. The suspects are facing a variety of charges, including homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, human trafficking, home invasion, armed robbery, carjacking, burglary, illegal possession of weapons, drug trafficking, drug transportation, extortion, and auto theft.
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