Federal authorities arrest 18 people in Los Angeles park in drug crackdown
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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/los-angeles-drug-arrests-park">Continue reading...Feds raid MacArthur Park drug ring
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