The San Francisco Police Department has announced that it made 97 arrests Wednesday in an operation that “appears to be the largest one-day fugitive-focused enforcement in recent history.”
The action, which involved multiple law enforcement agencies, is the latest crackdown on drug markets around the city.
Of the 97 who were detained, 79 had arrest warrants, police said. Officers seized “suspected fentanyl, cocaine base, and methamphetamine” totaling 16.5 grams (0.58 ounces), according to officials.
Forty-nine people were booked into jail Wednesday with outstanding warrants, according to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office booking log, published Thursday. Three appear to have been booked on suspicion of dealing drugs. The Standard was unable to verify whether they were arrested during the blitz operation.
Charges for those booked into jail with outstanding warrants included possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia, loitering to commit controlled substance offenses, being under the influence of a controlled substance, commercial shoplifting, petty theft, and second-degree commercial burglary.
Mayor Daniel Lurie lauded the operation, noting that it was concentrated in the Tenderloin and 16th and Mission.
“Another step forward in our city’s fight against open-air drug markets and crime,” Lurie wrote on X.