Overview
- Federal prosecutors unsealed indictments that charge 25 people tied to two south Minneapolis groups and say the arrests followed a multi-agency probe that produced 12 early-morning arrests and the seizure of firearms and drugs.
- Authorities say investigators tied the groups known as the Family Mob and G Block to open-air drug markets that moved vast amounts of fentanyl, with prosecutors estimating roughly 333,000 deadly doses attempted to be trafficked over five months.
- Two defendants have been charged with murder in connection with drug trafficking and some suspects remain at large with law enforcement asking the public for tips to locate fugitives.
- The City of Minneapolis launched South Side REACT on Thursday to increase patrols, citations and surveillance while offering ‘off-ramps’ to housing and addiction treatment including mobile medical support and expanded access to medications such as Brixadi.
- Community reaction is split as Indigenous leaders and some residents welcome stronger action while outreach workers and activists warn that enforcement risks criminalizing addiction unless services are sustained and scaled up.