Photo: Weapon & Drug Evidence Collected | San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office
Originally Published By: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office
Weapons evidence collected during search| San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office
“Between February 4, 2023, and February 10, 2023, investigators with the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, and multiple patrol stations, along with personnel from California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino County Probation, and Department of Homeland Security Investigations continued the targeted crime suppression efforts of Operation Consequences.
During the one-week period, which included a focused operation in the city of Yucaipa and surrounding county areas on February 4, 2023, 28 search warrants were served in Yucaipa, Redlands, Colton, Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley, Victorville, Adelanto, and San Bernardino. Investigators made 30 felony arrests and seized 37 firearms, 11 of which were unserialized (ghost guns.) In addition, investigators located and seized over 66 pounds of illegal narcotics, to include processed marijuana, concentrated cannabis, methamphetamine, and heroin.
Weapon evidence collected during search | San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors authorized funds to assist with county-wide crime suppression. The intent is to provide additional funding to the Sheriff’s Department, allowing for increased law enforcement services related to quality-of-life issues affecting the communities in our county.
Operation Consequences will focus on conducting targeted crime suppression operations in the High Desert and the Sheriff’s jurisdiction surrounding the city of San Bernardino. The operation will include personnel from the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, and patrol stations, as well as California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Probation. Operation Consequences will take place over the next several months to curb violent crime, disrupt and dismantle targeted criminal street gangs, and locate and arrest criminals who are illegally possessing, manufacturing, and trafficking firearms.”
