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Sheriff tells supervisors reactivated gang and drug task forces made large seizures and arrests
Summary
Kern County Sheriff Donnie Youngblood reported that reestablishing the gang task force and HIDA unit produce hundreds of arrests and multi‑thousand‑pound drug seizures over an 18‑month period; the board voted to receive and file the presentation.
Sheriff Donnie Youngblood briefed the Kern County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 about 18 months of enforcement activity since the county reestablished its gang task force and beefed up the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDA) unit.
"The gang task force was reengaged in May 2024," the sheriff said, and over the past 18 months the county has arrested "more than 300 gang members," seized 186 firearms, $285,000 in cash, 81.5 pounds of methamphetamine, 24 pounds of fentanyl, 61.9 pounds of marijuana and 500…
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