Overview
- Operation Free MacArthur Park, which launched Wednesday, charged 25 defendants and led to 18 arrests, with seven suspects still fugitives.
- Agents seized about 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of fentanyl from a Calabasas home tied to the case.
- Prosecutors say Mallaly Moreno-Lopez and Jackson Tarfur were arrested in South Los Angeles as alleged mid-level suppliers moving fentanyl and meth to the Alvarado corridor on behalf of the 18th Street Gang.
- The DEA led more than 200 personnel with LAPD support to serve 25 arrest warrants and multiple search warrants at homes and storefronts used to stash drugs.
- Authorities describe the area’s trade as organized, and the sweep follows March arrests of alleged 18th Street leaders accused of running an open-air market.