Florida authorities have arrested nearly 50 people following an extensive, multi-agency investigation into drug trafficking operations spanning five Central Florida counties, officials announced.
The Office of Statewide Prosecution and the State Attorney’s Office for the Seventh Judicial Circuit filed charges against 49 defendants following the probe into distribution networks handling fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine across Volusia, Flagler, Saint Johns, Marion, and Orange counties.
The investigation, dubbed Operation Ice Breaker II, ran from the fall of 2025 through late June 2026. According to official reports, law enforcement agencies used court-authorized wire intercepts, pen registers, trap-and-trace orders, physical surveillance, and controlled drug buys to uncover mid- to upper-level distribution networks…