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

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles Field Office issued the following press release:

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 at MacArthur Park, another area of Los Angeles long known for street crime, gang activity, homelessness, and drug addiction. Prosecutors have arrested 2...