FBI launches Operation Summer Heat 2.0 after last year’s ‘historic success’
The FBI has launched 'Operation Summer Heat 2.0,' a nationwide initiative aimed at combating violent crime and narcotics. This operation builds on the success of last year's effort, which resulted in thousands of arrests and significant drug seizures. FBI Director Kash Patel emphasized the importance of collaboration among law enforcement agencies in making America safer.
- ▪Operation Summer Heat 2.0 involves all 56 FBI field offices across the country.
- ▪Last year's operation led to 8,629 arrests and the seizure of over 900 pounds of fentanyl.
- ▪Federal prosecutors have unsealed indictments against two drug trafficking organizations in West Virginia.
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FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday the start of “Operation Summer Heat 2.0,” a nationwide violent crime and narcotics crackdown that officials say will expand on last summer’s initiative credited with thousands of arrests, major drug seizures, and the recovery of hundreds of endangered children. The operation, which will involve all 56 FBI field offices across the country, is beginning three weeks earlier than the effort during President Donald Trump‘s first year in office, and it was unveiled alongside a major violent crime takedown in West Virginia led by the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office.
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