An eight-week federal sweep in Dayton has ended with 47 people facing federal charges and 176 guns off the street, according to investigators, who say the case also exposed trafficking pipelines running straight into Cincinnati.
Agents say they did not just grab the guns. Bulk quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine were also recovered, and officials described the investigation as a takedown of networks moving weapons and drugs across the Miami Valley and beyond.
As reported by WLWT, the enforcement push was dubbed “Operation Fly City” and brought federal charges against dozens of people in the Dayton area. The ATF’s Columbus Field Division led the effort alongside Dayton police and Homeland Security Investigations, with officials saying the operation targeted both firearms trafficking and large-scale drug distribution…