U.S. Marshals Service arrests more than 300 in 2023 Corpus Christi operation
More than 300 individuals were arrested after a two-month operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to a news release.
On Friday, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitives Task Force concluded Operation Triple Beam 2023 Corpus Christi, a two-month operation involving 12 local, state and federal agencies that focused on violent fugitives, illegal firearms, narcotics and currency.
A total of 363 people were arrested during the 2023 operation and nearly 500 cases were closed. The operation resulted in the seizure of nearly $110,000, more than 80 illegal firearms, 95 grams of cocaine, 7 grams of heroin, 14 pounds of marijuana, 361 grams of methamphetamine and 1,548 units of other narcotics, according to the news release.
Operation Triple Beam can be done annually if it's requested by the host office of the U.S. Marshals Service, said Carlos Marrero, deputy U.S. marshal of the Corpus Christi Division. The Caller-Times previously reported on Operation Triple Beam in 2020, which yielded more than 200 arrests that included violent offenders.
Agencies that participated in the operation are: the Corpus Christi Police Department; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Texas Department of Public Safety; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; the sheriffs of Nueces, Aransas and Jim Wells counties; the Customs and Border Protection Ground Team Air Coordinator Unit; Border Patrol; and Homeland Security Enforcement and Removal Operations.
"There is no place for criminal conduct in our communities especially violent predators," U.S. Marshal T Michael O’Connor, head of the U.S. Marshals Southern District of Texas, said in the release. "I prefer proactive law enforcement by being predictably unpredictable. Justice is coming.”
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