Undercover drug operation “Street Sweeper” results in arrest of greater than 100 folks in Riverside

An undercover drug operation referred to as “Street Sweeper” in Riverside over a three-week span has led to greater than 100 arrests of individuals for alleged crimes together with suspected promoting of medicine, thefts, and drug possession, police mentioned in a press release launched Thursday

Officials mentioned that group members and companies just lately had complained to police about elevated felony exercise.

In response, Riverside police performed an undercover drug buy operation alongside the Magnolia Avenue hall between Van Buren Boulevard and Pierce Street, the police assertion mentioned.

During the operation, officers tracked 46 totally different purchases of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, PCP, and different medicine. Police officers coordinated a three-day arrest operation to find the 44 folks suspected of promoting medicine, police mentioned.

Of the drug sellers recognized, 33 had been arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center final week on suspicion of drug gross sales.

According to Thursday’s assertion, 71 different folks had been additionally arrested and booked into jail for expenses that included:

• 15 arrests for violation of parole, probation, and post-release group supervision3 excellent felony arrest warrants
• 21 excellent misdemeanor arrest warrants on suspicion of shoplifting, petty theft, trespassing, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of managed substances, and being beneath the affect of a managed substance
• 32 misdemeanor arrests had been made on suspicion of trespassing, public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia, and unlawful possession of managed substances

Officers additionally searched close by motels and located a lady needed on a 2022 felony drunken driving case through which she struck a car containing two grownup girls and a 4-year-old boy, all of whom sustained critical accidents. Inside her room, a person with an impressive felony warrant for housebreaking was additionally positioned, together with a number of thousand {dollars} price of stolen merchandise in his possession, the police assertion mentioned.

Of the arrests made, virtually all of the suspects claimed to be transients residing on the streets and motels alongside Magnolia Avenue, Thursday’s assertion mentioned. “Furthermore, medical assist and police requires service alongside the Magnolia Avenue hall instantly and considerably decreased,” the Riverside Police assertion mentioned.

Eleven drug sellers are nonetheless needed on felony drug gross sales expenses, police mentioned.

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