The Brief
- LAPD and federal agencies executed a major sweep on Skid Row, arresting 23 suspects and identifying 28 in a crackdown on gang-run drug networks operating out of homeless tents.
- Prosecutors allege dealers disguised themselves as unhoused residents or social workers and used lookouts to sell fentanyl and methamphetamine.
- Authorities emphasized the raid is part of an ongoing, zero-tolerance effort to dismantle generational gang operations.
LOS ANGELES – A massive crackdown, dubbed ‘Operation Save Skid Row,’ targeted over two dozen alleged drug dealers and distributors.
Officers say these criminals are allegedly preying on the homeless and those struggling with addiction.
What we know:…