MacArthur Park

Agents from @DEAHQ and officers from the @LAPDHQ have taken back MacArthur Park.

To the drug dealers poisoning the streets of Los Angeles: your safe haven is gone. pic.twitter.com/dNaVDitSTM

— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) May 6, 2026

Operation Free MacArthur Park

Federal agents have taken control of MacArthur Park to execute federal arrest and search warrants targeting the notorious open-air drug market there.

We are going after street dealers and suppliers of massive amounts of fentanyl and… pic.twitter.com/sozcSCGo5u

— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) May 6, 2026

… methamphetamine. Over the last 24 hours, federal and local law enforcement have started arresting 25 defendants charged in a federal criminal complaint with possessing and distributing dangerous narcotics, including fentanyl and methamphetamine.

The park’s #1 drug trafficker, a Calabasas resident, is in federal custody and faces possible life imprisonment. The other defendants arrested today also face decades in federal prison.

Along with a recent federal and local takedown of the 18th Street gang, which claims the park’s northern area as its so-called “territory,” today’s enforcement action shows that @TheJusticeDept and @DEAHQ are determined to fight drug traffickers poisoning our citizens.