Nearly 50 people are behind bars following a multi-agency law enforcement operation targeting drug trafficking networks across central Florida, state and local officials announced.
The investigation, which ran from the fall of 2025 through late June 2026, focused on mid- to upper-level distribution rings operating in Volusia, Flagler, Saint Johns, Marion, and Orange counties. Investigators targeted networks trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other controlled substances.
Law enforcement agencies used wire intercepts, court-authorized phone tracking, physical surveillance, and controlled buy operations during the months-long probe. Search warrants executed around June 30 led to the recovery of narcotics, cash, cellular phones, digital scales with drug residue, and cutting agents…