Operation Summer Heat 2.0 arrests hundreds in Greater New Orleans area

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A joint summer operation between local, state and federal agencies led to hundreds of arrests.

The FBI shared the results of Operation Summer Heat 2.0, which targeted drug dealers and violent crimes in the Greater New Orleans area. The operation booked 532 people and confiscated nearly 300 kilos of various drugs, and 224 guns.

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The operation also included arrests in Baton Rouge and parts of northern Louisiana…

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