23 SKID ROW DRUG DEALERS ARRESTED AS PART OF HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE TAKEDOWN TARGETING HIGH-CRIME AREAS OF LOS ANGELES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement today arrested 23 defendants out of a total of 28 individuals, including residents of West Covina and Studio City, charged in federal criminal complaints with trafficking drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, in and around the Skid Row neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, an area notorious for poverty, homelessness, and drug use.

Today's Homeland Security Task Force takedown mirrors similar takedowns earlier this year atMacArthur Park, another area of Los Angeles long known for street crime, gang activity, homelessness, and drug addiction. Prosecutors have ar...