(CNN) The US Marshals Service announced the end of a 26-long-week, multiagency crime sweep, resulting in the arrest of more than 350 people on the Gulf Coast. The action, dubbed "Operation Triple Beam - Third Coast," targeted documented gang members and violent offenders, and sought to identify targets and collect criminal intelligence, the US Marshals said in a statement on Monday. Authorities arrested 351 people, including 92 gang members. They also seized 86 firearms, 32.971 kilograms of narcotics, and $4,360,968. "The goal of Operation Triple Beam is to foster safer communities by providing immediate relief from gang-related violence by investigating and arresting fugitive gang members and the criminal organizations responsible for committing violent crimes."

Source: CNN December 12, 2021 01:55 UTC