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Published: 03 September 2020 03 September 2020

By Roger Lanse

According to a Sept. 3, 2020, Department of Justice press release, Operation Legend, an initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, was launched on July 8, 2020 in Kansas City, MO, and expanded during July and August, 2020, to include Chicago, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Memphis, and Indianapolis.

Through Monday, Aug. 31, the release stated, more than 2,000 arrests – including 147 for homicide – have been made; more than 544 firearms have been seized; and more than seven kilos of fentanyl, 14 kilos of heroin, 12 kilos of cocaine, and 50 kilos of methamphetamine have been seized.

In Albuquerque, 35 defendants have been charged with federal crimes, according to the release, 15 with narcotics-related offenses, 14 with firearms-related offenses, and 6 with other violent crimes.