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National massive crackdown on deadly suppression Sinaloa Cartel Officials said more than 600 arrests have been reached.
The biggest blow included 171 suspects New England, Officials said the action targeted one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations as a week-long operation.
this Drug Enforcement Bureau (DEA) announced on Monday that from August 25 to 29, agents arrested 617 people who were linked to cartels of 23 U.S. field divisions from August 25 to 29
Law enforcement actions, known as the DEA surge, are also paid for a large amount of drugs, guns and cash.
DEA officials detained two suspects outside of Franklin, New Hampshire, in an August 27, 2025 in a fentanyl trafficking raid. (@DeAnewengland via X)
In epilepsy seizures: 480 kg of fentanyl powder, 2,209 kg of methamphetamine, 7,469 kg of cocaine, 16.5 kg of heroin, more than 714,000 pills over 714,000 counterfeit pills, 420 poles, 420 guns and $11 million in cash.
“These results show the full weight of the DEA’s commitment to protecting the American people,” DEA administrator Terrance Cole said in a statement.
“Every kilogram of poison was caught, every dollar was stripped from the cartel, and every arrest we arrested represents a life saved and a defense community. The DEA will not be relentless until the cartel in Sinaloa was removed from top to bottom.”
Investigators presented cash seized in a DEA raid in Franklin, New Hampshire, targeting a cartel-connected fentanyl allocation on August 27, 2025. (@DeAnewengland via X)
In New England, officials said 171 suspected cartel members were arrested, 244 kilograms of drugs, 22,115 counterfeit pills, $1.3 million in cashcaught 33 guns.
The total arrests include 64 in Connecticut, 49 in Massachusetts, 33 in New Hampshire, 11 in Maine, 10 in Rhode Island, and 33 in Vermont.
“They are our number one enemy in New England,” said Jarod Loss, a special agent in charge of the DEA’s New England division.
one of the The biggest coordinated knockdown The area was conducted on August 27 in Franklin, New Hampshire, and after a three-month investigation, 27 people were arrested.
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Authorities say the suspect trafficked fentanyl and methamphetamine from Lawrence, Massachusetts.
The action highlights the cartel’s scope, entering large urban centers and small rural communities.
“This shows that the tentacles of Sinaloa Cartel are spreading; no community is spared,” said Jim Scott, a special agent covering the Louisville divisions in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.
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