SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – More than 100 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested and charged 101 people in federal investigations for violent crimes over the past week.
The Justice Department announced the results Friday of Operation Spring Cleaning, a multi-agency law enforcement operation conducted March 17-19 that identified, apprehended and initiated prosecution against some of the most violent offenders in the Springfield and Joplin metropolitan areas, including Greene, Jasper and Christian counties.
The effort resulted in 85 federal indictments charging 101 defendants with a variety of offenses including firearms, narcotics and sex offenses.
Drugs and weapons seized
Law enforcement seized 141 firearms, 11.21 pounds of cocaine, 1.5 pounds of fentanyl, 204.89 pounds of marijuana, 88.14 pounds of methamphetamine, and 2.06 pounds of psilocybin during the investigations…