Federal authorities arrest 18 people in Los Angeles park in drug crackdown

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Justice department targets MacArthur Park, which has long struggled with fentanyl use, overdoses and homelessness

Federal authorities arrested 18 people in Los Angeles in a crackdown on drugs in MacArthur Park, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.

The DoJ said it was targeting an “open-air drug market” in the park near downtown, which has long struggled with https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/01/2100-deaths-in-10-years-how-fentanyl-is-devastating-los-angeles-unhoused-community">fentanyl use and overdoses and has at times had large https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/14/los-angeles-macarthur-park-encampment-housing-crisis">encampments of unhoused people.

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