INTRO: The Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms concluding “Operation Show Me Justice,” which began mid-August in an effort to target violent crime and criminal networks in Saint Louis, Missouri. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter says a successful operation like this one isn’t possible without taking initiative.
ACK: U.S. Acting Deputy AG Trent McCotter in St. Louis, MO
TAG: More than a million dollars was seized in the operation, as well as 80 kilos of drugs and 166 illegal firearms. Law enforcement also arrested some 435 individuals … 412 of whom already had outstanding warrants.
KEYWORD: Politics, Crime, Legal
