On Tuesday the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office turned up the heat on its regional “Folsom Blues” drug stings, unveiling a hard-hitting public service announcement that touts roughly 70,000 seized counterfeit fentanyl pills and 14 fentanyl-related homicide prosecutions. Branded “A Message to the Peddlers of Poison,” the video presents the work as a coordinated crackdown on online drug sales backed by a slate of local, state and federal partners, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
In a Facebook post the office linked to the PSA and listed participating agencies, from the Folsom and Sacramento police departments to federal partners such as the DEA and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and credited Storyline Media Group for the film work and licensed music. The post also includes a link to the PSA on YouTube and closes with a blunt warning aimed at dealers. Read the full Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
What Officials Say And Who Took Part
State correction officials said recent iterations of Operation Folsom Blues involved coordinated stings across multiple counties to disrupt online narcotics sales and supply chains, yielding arrests and significant drug seizures in several raids, as reported by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. That account described partners ranging from local police departments to parole units and federal task forces, with agents zeroing in on online marketplaces and targeted parole compliance checks. The report characterized the latest sweep as the largest Folsom Blues operation to date…