In the course of the investigation, regulation enforcement was in a position to stop two further shootings from occurring.
Washington:
Police in California have arrested 17 folks in reference to a collection of shootings in Gurdwaras in Stockton, Sacramento and different areas and seized weapons similar to AK 47, handguns, and not less than one machine gun in a collection of raids carried out over 20 locations, the State Lawyer Common stated Monday.
The 17 felony arrests, largely members of the native Sikh group, have been made throughout a large-scale operation with brokers executing search warrants at 20 areas in Northern California on Sunday in keeping with an announcement made by California Lawyer Common Rob Bonta, Yuba Metropolis Police Chief Brian Baker, and Sutter County District Lawyer Jennifer Dupre
At a information convention Dupre stated, two of the folks arrested are mafia members who’re “needed on quite a few murders” in India.
The arrested members, stated California Lawyer Common, are a part of rival prison syndicates who’re alleged to be answerable for quite a few violent crimes and shootings, together with 5 tried murders, in Sutter, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo, and Merced counties.
Members of those teams have been allegedly concerned in a mass taking pictures at a Stockton Sikh temple which befell on August 27, 2022, and a taking pictures at a Sacramento Sikh temple on March 23, 2023.
In the course of the investigation, regulation enforcement was in a position to stop two further shootings from occurring, a press launch stated.
“At present, California is safer due to collaboration, willpower, and swift motion by DOJ brokers and our regulation enforcement companions in Sutter County,” stated California Lawyer Common Rob Bonta.
“No household ought to ever have to fret about drive-by shootings or different types of gun violence within the neighbourhoods the place their kids stay and play. Because of this joint regulation enforcement effort, we’re taking weapons off the road and placing suspected gang members and their associates behind bars,” he stated.
“An investigation of this magnitude requires an amazing quantity of effort and time, and particularly a variety of personnel,” stated Sutter County District Lawyer Common Jennifer Dupre.
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