The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that, along with U.S. Marshals Service agents, it had arrested more than 200 fugitives and located several children around southern Illinois and eastern Missouri, as part of a month-long operation.
Since June 1, U.S. Marshals and members of the federal Operation Patriot Shield task force have arrested 224 people in Missouri and Illinois. They have also cleared 290 felony arrest warrants, and three missing children were also rescued, according to the statement.
Around 30 percent of the warrants were on narcotics-related charges, 28 percent were for weapons offenses, and 20 percent were related to violent crimes, including homicide charges, the DOJ said. Fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and firearms were also seized by the U.S. Marshals….