BATON ROUGE — Federal authorities and local law enforcement raided several Baton Rouge homes Thursday morning, targeting gun and drug trafficking suspects, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives New Orleans division said.
The ATF said it was the lead agency on the Thursday morning sweep, executing six warrants across the capital city. The agency confirmed one raid happened at the Magnolia Trace apartment complex. A WBRZ viewer reported seeing law enforcement with armed vehicles outside homes along N. 30th Street near Chippewa Street.
The bureau said special response teams and special agents were after armed narcotics groups operating in the greater Baton Rouge area…