In the early morning of August 7, 2025, a coordinated force of law enforcement officers descended on several locations across the San Fernando Valley, executing search warrants tied to one of the region’s largest narcotics trafficking investigations.

Led by the Simi Valley Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, and backed by SWAT, K-9 units, drone operators, crime scene investigators, and agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Ventura office, the multi-location operation targeted a sophisticated Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) suspected of flooding the area with deadly narcotics.

Warrants were served at two residences, one on Morella Avenue in North Hollywood and another on De Celis Place in Van Nuys, as well as two businesses, one in Northridge on Reseda Bouleva

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