On Friday, Sept. 20 the Metro Area Crime Suppression (MACS) Unit provided an update on the team’s progress and overall impact on crime in and around the Capital City. Since MACS inception on June 24, 2024, the Unit has conducted 1,300 traffic stops, served 347 outstanding arrest warrants, which range from Failure to Appear for traffic offenses to Capital Murder, arrested 127 individuals on various charges, recovered 16 stolen vehicles and seized 83 firearms, with 17 of those having machine gun conversion devices, commonly known as “switches.” Additionally, MACS made 30 drug seizures, including one significant seizure of Fentanyl on Thursday, Aug. 15. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) website, the amount of Fentanyl recovered from this one seizure was enough to kill over 5,000 individuals.