FBI charges 35 in West Virginia drug and firearms operation, launches nationwide summer crime initiative

The FBI connected Tuesday said 35 radical had been charged for narcotics and firearms offenses stemming from a yearlong national cognition successful West Virginia portion besides unveiling a caller nationwide summertime crime-fighting initiative.

The bureau said FBI Pittsburgh and FBI Baltimore launched Operation Turf War successful aboriginal 2025 alongside the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force.

The cognition resulted successful the seizure of amerciable firearms and narcotics, on with the forfeiture of proceeds allegedly utilized to money convulsive transgression activity, according to the FBI.

"Operation Turf War was this FBI answering the telephone of a assemblage that needed it the most," FBI Director Kash Patel said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced charges against 35 individuals tied to a national narcotics and firearms probe successful West Virginia. (FBI)

"This was a massively palmy cognition close successful West Virginia with astir 3 twelve individuals arrested utilizing blase techniques, confidential informants, and precise collaboration crossed the full FBI endeavor with our partners," helium continued.

Patel said the cognition demonstrated "exactly what partnerships are expected to look like."

He pointed to coordination among the Martinsburg Police Department SWAT team, Jefferson County SWAT and Homeland Security Investigations SWAT.

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Federal authorities said Operation Turf War led to dozens of arrests and the seizure of amerciable firearms and narcotics. (FBI)

The FBI besides announced the motorboat of Operation Summer Heat 2.0, a renewed mentation of an inaugural led past twelvemonth by then-Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino that the bureau said resulted successful astir 9,000 arrests nationwide.

The effort volition tally done Sept. 20 and absorption connected partnerships with authorities and section instrumentality enforcement agencies to combat convulsive crime.

"For the adjacent 95 days, the full state volition spot this FBI replicating these nonstop efforts crossed America with Operation Summer Heat – an hold of our enactment past twelvemonth led by past Deputy Director Dan Bongino to crush convulsive crime," Patel said.

"We’re conscionable getting started," helium added.

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The FBI said agents confiscated drugs, firearms and illicit proceeds during the yearlong investigation. (Anna Moneymaker)

According to the FBI, past year’s Operation Summer Heat resulted successful much than 8,600 arrests, astir 7,750 hunt operations, the seizure of 2,280 firearms and much than 44,560 kilograms of cocaine.

The bureau said this year’s cognition volition beryllium conducted connected a larger scale, with national officials moving alongside authorities and section partners to place and disrupt convulsive criminals.