NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced on Tuesday that a week-long four-state sweep targeting the Jalisco New Generation cartel resulted in multiple arrests in Arkansas.
DEA officials reported that 670 arrests were made during the operation. The New Orleans Division accounted for 47 of those arrests, and Arkansas accounted for 25. Seven arrests were made in Fort Smith. Fayetteville had two arrests, and Little Rock, had 16 arrests.
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“The fact that the New Orleans Division recorded the fourth-highest number of domestic arrests during this surge—with over half those arrests occurring in Little Rock, Fort Smith, and Fayetteville—underscores the severe and imminent threat CJNG [cartel] poses to our communities, particularly in Arkansas,” said DEA New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer. “We are taking the fight directly to this cartel and will not relent. The DEA and our partners are committed to dismantling these networks and protecting our citizens from their poison.”
DEA New Orleans is responsible for Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana…