86 arrested in San Bernardino County street gang crackdown
SAN BERNARDINO >> The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced dozens of arrests and seizures as part of an effort to take down the Westside Verdugo street gang at a news conference Friday afternoon.
Operation Green Hand, a four-month investigation, resulted in 86 arrests, the seizure of 43 firearms and 4,800 rounds of ammunition, as well as the seizure of cocaine, black tar heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine and nearly $30,000 in cash, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release.
“At this time, of those 86 arrests, 28 have been formally charged,” San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office spokesman Chris Lee said. “We anticipate more charges filed in the near future.”
The gang, which has been in existence since the 1950s, was involved in murder, major assaults, gun trafficking, the sale of illegal narcotics and human trafficking, officials said.
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