Drug market sweeps yield a lot of arrests, but few prosecutions in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO Big sweeps, but few prosecutions in San Francisco.

At this point, law enforcement officials are standing by the strategy of enforcing and tracking down where drug markets move even if they aren’t leading to many prosecutions at this point.

San Francisco’s Police Department has highlighted several high-visibility enforcement efforts, including just over a week ago at the intersection of Market and Van Ness to show the renewed effort to crack down on open-air drug markets and use.

So far no charges

While that sweep resulted in 40 or so arrests, so far no one has been charged.

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