Northern California law enforcement officers arrested more than a dozen people in just three days for allegedly trying to exploit children online.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office led the operation, named SPF 13, back in July.

Undercover detectives posing as 13-year-olds and younger communicated online with the suspects. Detectives say the suspects sent sexually explicit messages and arranged meetings.

"They're using social media, that's one of the big takeaways," said Sgt. Eric Steindorf with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.

A few of the suspects traveled up to three hours to meet what they believed were children.

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A video recap of Operation SPF-13 is available now o

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