8 ARRESTED, NEARLY 600G OF NARCOTICS SEIZED in San Francisco Tenderloin Operation
SAN FRANCISCO – On Tuesday, the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco was the location where eight individuals were taken into custody and more than 576 grams of illegal narcotics were seized by the state police.
According to the police, seven of the eight arrests were made on the suspicion of possessing narcotics to illegally sell them, while one individual was allegedly discovered to have a handgun that was loaded.
As part of the efforts that are being made to limit what the police have termed as the city’s drug epidemic, the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center of the city planned the one-day operation.
Participating officers included those from the Tenderloin Station Patrol, the Narcotics Unit, the Narcotics Drug Recognition Expert Team, the Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, and the Tenderloin Plainclothes Team.
Additional assistance was provided by the Army National Guard, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Currently, the investigation is still ongoing. To anyone who may have information, please call the San Francisco Police Department at (415) 575-4444 or send a text message to TIP411 beginning the message with the word “SFPD.”