Stepped up federal, state and local law enforcement efforts in Montgomery have led to arrests, traffic stops and the seizure of 20 guns illegally converted to fire as machine guns.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has given an update on the progress of the Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit, as well as the progress of the agency’s Flying Wheel detail in Montgomery and surrounding areas.
Since June, the MACS Unit has performed 1,700 traffic stops, served 442 arrest warrants, which range from failure to appear for traffic offenses to capital murder, arrested 171 individuals on various charges, where 13 of those were juveniles, recovered 30 stolen vehicles and has made 34 drug seizures to include a “significant amount” of fentanyl, said Lt. Jeremy Burkett, a spokesman for ALEA.
The effort has also seized a total of 137 firearms, with 20 of those equipped with machine gun conversion devices, commonly known on the street as “switches.” One ongoing investigation led the MACS Unit to a residence where a federal search warrant was executed. During the warrant, 75 manufactured machine gun conversion devices along with the manufacturing equipment were seized.