Overview
- Justice Department figures for Operation Summer Heat list 8,629 arrests, 2,281 firearms seized and 2,081 indictments from late June to late September, along with 421 kilograms of fentanyl, 44,569 kilograms of cocaine, 7,757 searches and 557 identified children.
- President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel said four of the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives were captured, citing cases that included murder, narcotics trafficking and sex trafficking.
- Trump said San Francisco is likely the next focus for federal action, with Baltimore and Boston also under consideration.
- Officials framed the campaign as empowering local policing, pointing to increased arrests since January and claims of lower homicides compared with last year.
- Some reported metrics conflict across outlets, including fentanyl quantities and gun counts, leaving parts of the publicly cited totals difficult to independently reconcile.