Nearly 80 people are behind bars and hundreds of firearms and pounds of illicit drugs have been taken off the streets following a sweeping two-month law enforcement operation in Fort Worth, officials announced Wednesday.
Dubbed “Operation Showdown,” the joint, undercover effort ran from early April through the end of May. It included agencies such as the DEA, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and several local and federal partners.
Authorities say the operation is one of the largest and swiftest crackdowns on violent crime ever carried out in the Tarrant County area…