The FBI made scores of arrests in the San Diego area during a recently concluded three-month crackdown on violent crime, the federal agency announced Monday.

A total of 76 suspects were taken into custody locally between June 24 and Sept. 20 as part of a nationwide campaign dubbed "Summer Heat," the FBI reported. During the operation, the FBI said it increased resources alongside state and local partners to target violent criminal activity.

According to the agency, the San Diego-area operations included the arrest of a violent fugitive from Mexico alleged to have supplied thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine to Southern California traffickers and the seizure of 107 kilograms of cocaine and 74 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Additionally, the FBI San Diego Field

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