89 arrests made in operation targeting online drug dealers across Greater Sacramento region
FOLSOM — An operation out of Folsom targeting drug dealers using online services to sell their products resulted in 89 arrests, authorities said Tuesday.
The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office and the Folsom Police Department announced the results of their regional coordinated operation, Operation: Folsom Blues 2.0, which was conducted on February 27 and 28.
Using undercover online accounts, law enforcement officials contacted dealers to arrange meetings in locations across Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties.
Of the 89 arrests, 51 were for felony violations and 38 were for misdemeanor or other offenses, the district attorney's office said.
Additionally, 15 of those arrests occurred in Folsom and the amount of fentanyl seized during those arrests was enough to kill the entire population of the city twice over, the city Police Department said.
Across the entire operation, investigators seized more than seven ounces of fentanyl and 1,125 fentanyl pills, more than 10 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 151 grams of mushrooms, nearly nine ounces of cocaine, more than six ounces of ecstasy, nearly five ounces of heroin, nearly three pounds of marijuana, 80 tabs of LSD, and various other pills and drugs, authorities said. At least 25 guns and around $25,000 in cash were also seized.
Nearly 200 kaw enforcement officials from more than two dozen law enforcement agencies across the Greater Sacramento Region participated in Operation: Folsom Blues 2.0.
