{"id":14889,"date":"2025-09-27T08:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14889"},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:24:43","slug":"bongino-says-fbi-arrested-thousands-in-major-summer-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14889","title":{"rendered":"Bongino Says FBI Arrested Thousands In Major Summer Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino announced major results from \u201cOperation Summer Heat,\u201d a nationwide law enforcement initiative that has brought thousands of arrests and seized weapons since its launch in June.<\/p>\n

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In a post on X, Bongino said the operation \u201ccontinues to deliver results as we strive to protect the communities we serve,\u201d he\u00a0said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to provide you another update on your @FBI\u2019s Operation Summer Heat, which continues to deliver results as we strive to protect the communities we serve. By uniting with our communities and law enforcement partners, we stay prepared and resilient together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn @NewYorkFBI, our teams arrested a subject involved in the robbery of a gas station where an elderly employee was manning the store,\u201d the deputy FBI director said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe @FBISeattle office saw a major success as they investigated a large-scale street gang, which resulted in the collection of 23 firearms and over 9,800 grams in drug seizures. They are accused of using female couriers to transport pills in luggage from source in Arizona to Seattle and Baltimore airports,\u201d Bongino said.<\/p>\n

\u201c@FBITampa with our partners at DEA, USPS, DOL, and the Lakeland Police Department targeted a violent street gang called the Hood Boys. Friday, Twelve Lakeland, FL-based gang members were charged with paycheck protection program fraud. According to the indictments, they devised a scheme to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration by submitting false and fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications,\u201d Bongino continued.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEach of the defendants received between $13,854 and $20,416. Instead of repaying the loans, they either applied for the loans to be forgiven (which they were) or defaulted on them. The defendants spent the money on automobile payments and purchases at liquor stores, clothing stores, and gun stores. The total loss to the United States from these applications is approximately $236,000. The group is believed to also have ties to the Foreign Terrorist Organization, Sinaloa Cartel and be involved in the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other criminal activity in that area,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollaboration between @FBINewOrleans and our partners to include ATF, U.S. Marshals, and the New Orleans Police Department, we all worked to remove illegal guns and narcotics off the streets of New Orleans. In these efforts, the operation resulted in 60 felony arrests, 31 narcotics seizure events, and an estimated removal of more than $39k in narcotics,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince its inception in June, Operation Summer Heat has resulted in 6,328 arrests and the seizure of close to 1,700 firearms. We\u2019ve also located or identified about 770 children,\u201d Bongino said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese numbers will only continue to grow along with YOUR FBI\u2019s dedication and vigilance.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod bless America, and all those who defend Her,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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Bongino said last week that his office uncovered evidence from former FBI Director James Comey\u2019s tenure in a room that had been \u201chidden from us,\u201d as the bureau has been forced to reallocate resources amid ongoing internal investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call it hidden, but hidden from us at least and not mentioned to us, and then we found stuff in there and a lot of it\u2019s from the Comey-era, and we are working our damndest right now to declassify,\u201d Bongino told Fox News.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI totally understand people saying, \u2018Well, do it now.\u2019 The process is [that] not all information is ours to declassify; some is other intelligence agencies, it\u2019s not\u2014we literally can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce that gets done and that gets out there, and you read some of the stuff, we found that \u2026 was not processed through the normal procedure, digitizing it, putting it in FBI records. We found it in bags hiding under Jim Comey\u2019s FBI, and you\u2019re going to be stunned,\u201d the FBI deputy director added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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