It’s been a while since we’ve heard of any law enforcement operations setting up a sting like this.
WASHINGTON — D.C. police and federal agents announced Thursday the arrest of more than 40 people on felony weapons and drug charges as the result of a seven-month undercover operation.
Investigators from the D.C. Police Narcotics and Special Investigations Division led the sting, in which undercover officers posed as drug and gun buyers inside a Northeast Washington auto body shop. Police said confidential informants brought dozens of men willing to sell illegal goods at EB Autobody, the phony business set up by police in June.
“This was the most successful operation like this that we have done in Washington, D.C., since the 1970s,” Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said at a news conference.
