Another week of law enforcement raids under San Bernardino County’s “Operation Consequences” in and around the High Desert led to 42 arrests and the seizure of 10 guns, authorities said.
Deputies carried out 11 search warrants in Victorville, Apple Valley, Phelan, Oro Grande, Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga between Feb. 23 and March 1, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department officials.
“Investigators contacted gang members and people prohibited from possessing firearms,” the agency said in a written statement. “Investigators made 24 felony arrests and 18 misdemeanor arrests. Investigators seized 10 firearms during the operation, which included two ghost guns.”
Launched in 2022, Operation Consequences is a county-wide crime suppression campaign meant to address quality of life issues, officials said.
Goals include curbing violent crime, disrupting gang activity and seizing illegal guns.
The sheriff’s department was aided in the effort by The California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino County Probation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Fontana Police Department and the Barstow Police Department.
This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: Ongoing ‘Operation Consequences’ raids in High Desert net guns, arrests
Reporting by Brian Day, Victorville Daily Press / Victorville Daily Press
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