SFPD makes 60 arrests, seizes half-pound of narcotics in one-day Tenderloin operation
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Sixty people were arrested and roughly half a pound of narcotics were seized during a one-day enforcement operation in the Tenderloin last week, the San Francisco Police Department said. During the operations, which were carried out last Wednesday around the Tenderloin, police seized 258.2 grams of narcotics.
The operation, police said was planned by the city’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC). Of the 60 people arrested, police said five were suspected of possession for sales of narcotics.
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Others were arrested for possession of controlled substances, arrest warrants and stay away orders. Two loaded firearms were also located and seized from two of the suspects, police said.
The one-day enforcement operation included officers from SFPD’s Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, Narcotics Unit, Narcotics Drug Recognition Expert Team, Tenderloin Station Patrol/Violence Reduction Team and the Tenderloin Plainclothes Team.
SFPD has made more than 3,000 arrests and seized more than 194 kilos of narcotics in the Tenderloin and South of Market areas since the launch of the DMACC in May of 2023, officials said.
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