Los Angeles conducts a clean up.

A similar initiative occurred a few years ago in the USA and included over 50 people in North Carolina. This is good news, with this many people arrested there is less opportunity for retaliation by a criminal network.




Law enforcement authorities Tuesday announced they had conducted a three-week crackdown on gangs. (Pomona Police Department / September 3, 2013)

By Robert J. Lopez

September 3, 2013, 9:36 p.m.

More than 150 people (click here) were arrested and 25 weapons were seized in a three-week operation against gang violence in Pomona, authorities said Tuesday.

The weapons confiscated during "Operation Triple Beam" included assault rifles and handguns, the Pomona Police Department said.

Officers working with the U.S. Marshal's Service arrested 165 people, some of them wanted on warrants for violent felonies, according to police.

The crackdown focused on several locations in the city about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, police said....