Twelve people are in custody following a sweeping, multistate law enforcement operation targeting a drug trafficking ring accused of flooding the D.C. region with PCP and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced Tuesday.

The arrests come one year to the day after the launch of an investigation led by the FBI’s Washington Field Office in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and D.C. police.

Agents executed approximately 20 residential search warrants early Tuesday morning in D.C., Maryland and Los Angeles. Authorities ultimately seized 18 firearms, more than $50,000 in cash and two kilograms of suspected narcotics including powder fentanyl, cocaine and crack.

“This investigation is the culmination of a Title III wiretap , and last week on Aug. 21 my office

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