Week Report 2139

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Los Santos Police Department
Press Release
Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
"TO PROTECT AND SERVE"

Week Report 2139
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    Late evening of Thursday, the 16th September 2021, a Detective of the Los Santos Police Department received a tip about an illegal shipment that will take place nearby Maze Bank Arena in a compound between Alta Street and South Arsenal Street. These shipments are a way for organized crime groups to obtain a number of assets that are later distributed across the State that will be used to commit crimes or used in criminal activity directly by the organized crime groups. A rise in drug-related arrests has seen the subsequent rise in demand for drug manufacturing equipment and materials as the Gang and Narcotics Division and the Major Crimes Division of the Detective Bureau continue to make investigative progress in suppressing and preventing drug manufacturing.
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    Following reports of gang activity in the city Scrapyard, a number of Detectives and gang units were dispatched in the area to monitor the illegal shipment and the rising activity in and around the area of interest. Two vehicles flared with colors associated with a local street gang are seen passing the area several times - breaching multiple traffic laws in the process which incited a traffic stop of a purple SUV, the SUV being one of two vehicles previously seen passing the area of interest.

    Not long after the traffic stop was initiated several backup units arrived as the vehicle was occupied with four individuals, assessed to be gang members with the registered owner having a history of criminal charges and an affinity to evade. As Officers approached the vehicle the driver subsequently fled after which supporting units initiated a pursuit.
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    Responding units gave chase to the suspect before returning to the original location of the traffic stop, the intersection between South Arsenal and Alta Street. The suspect vehicle drove into the city Scrapyard before all four individuals exited the vehicle and opened fire at pursuing units. In the ruins of the Scrapyard, several other individuals later confirmed to be involved and affiliated with a local street gang were hidden in and around the compound, preparing an ambush. The illegal shipment was set to arrive minutes later after units made entry to the compound where an exchange of fire occurred.
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    A number of suspects fled the area as the opportunity came while Officers were under heavy fire - one Officer sustaining a gunshot wound. The suspects from the SUV were altogether later caught in a chase leaving the place of the shipment. The injured Officer was transported and treated at Pillbox Hill while the illegal shipment was later intercepted - with 5 suspects being arrested throughout the situation for a number of felony charges. The Los Santos County Sheriff's Department Special Enforcement Detail assisted with the seizing of the illegal shipment along with our very own Metropolitan Division whose units were among the first to arrive during the exchange of fire.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
  • Written By:

    Police Officer I Ace Butoslav
    Media Relations Officer, Media Relations Division
    [email protected]
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    For Information, Contact:

    Media Relations Division Public Inquiries
    Los Santos Police Department
    Sinner Street 69, Mission Row
    Los Santos, SA, 90013
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