The FBI’s Denver office on Thursday announced the results of an operation meant to combat violent crime across the Front Range.
Operation Summer Heat 2.0 netted more than 140 illegal guns and nearly 100 kilograms of illegal drugs from June 1 to Sept. 20, according to a news release. The operation was one of many held across the nation bearing the same name.
The operation targeted violent criminals and fugitives and was also focused on violent gangs and other criminal organizations, according to the FBI news release. The total operation across the United States netted 8,900 arrests, recovered over 5,000 illegal weapons and seized 27,000 kilograms of cocaine and 687 kilograms of fentanyl, which the FBI said was equivalent to 52 million lethal doses of the drug…