President Trump’s Justice Department just put real numbers behind the law-and-order promise.
On June 5, 2026, DOJ announced the results of Operation Spring Cleaning, a nationwide FBI-led initiative targeting gang threats, illegal firearms, and narcotics.
The headline figures are blunt: more than 1,100 arrests, more than 600 charges filed, and almost 600 search warrants conducted.
The operation ran for three months, beginning March 1 and ending May 31.
Law enforcement seized almost 1,000 illegal firearms during the push.
Dozens were equipped with machine gun conversion devices, and agents recovered more than 75 stand-alone conversion devices on top of that.
The drug haul was massive, too: over 2,700 pounds of illegal narcotics, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, and more than 13,200 MDMA pills.
Fentanyl alone has flooded American communities and killed at scale. Pulling nearly 50 kilograms of it out of circulation is poison that never reaches another family.
The U.S. Department of Justice laid out the scope of the operation in its announcement:
In Three Months, Operation Results in 1100 Arrests, Nearly 1000 Illegal Firearms Seized, and Seizure of Over 2700 Pounds of Various Drugs
The Department of Justice today announced the results of Operation Spring Cleaning, a nationwide initiative spearheaded by the FBI to combat gang-related threats and enhance public safety.
The operation coordinated with federal, state, and local law enforcement and targeted the illegal flow of firearms and narcotics in our communities. The operation began on March 1 and ended May 31.
In total, Operation Spring Cleaning led to over 1100 arrests, over 600 charges filed, and almost 600 search warrants conducted.
The operation also resulted in the seizure of almost 1000 illegal firearms, dozens of which were equipped with machine gun conversion devices (MCDs) as well as over 75 stand-alone MCDs.
ADVERTISEMENTOver 2,700 pounds of illegal narcotics including over 500 kilograms of cocaine or more than 1100 pounds, nearly 700 pounds of methamphetamine, over 550 pounds of marijuana, nearly 50 kilograms of fentanyl or more than 100 pounds, almost 40 kilograms of heroin or more than 85 pounds, more than 7 kilograms of crack cocaine or more than 16 pounds, and more than 13,200 pills of MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly.
“When our neighborhoods are safe from the scourge of deadly drugs, individuals and families can prosper,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “The Trump Administration has made significant progress in removing this poison from our streets, a key step in our commitment to making America safe again.”
“This FBI understands that communities across our country have been ravaged by gangs and the firearms and narcotics they flood our streets with,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Operation Spring Cleaning represents our total commitment to crushing this kind of violent crime and eliminating the criminal networks who facilitate them – with over 1,000 arrests, 1,000 firearms seized, and 3,000 pounds of narcotics removed from our neighborhoods.
Righteous operations like this show this FBI is only getting started and will continue delivering the most prolific run of crime reduction in U.S. history.”
The FBI also highlighted one of the regional Operation Spring Cleaning takedowns as the national results came together:
FBI Charlotte recently participated in #FBIOperationSpringCleaning, an initiative to crush violent crime in America. The three-month nationwide operation surged resources to target the illegal flow of firearms and narcotics that fuel violence.
FBI Charlotte conducted 53… pic.twitter.com/kngaa9Ngc2
— FBI Charlotte (@FBICharlotte) June 8, 2026
The coordination matters because the results were measurable.
Federal, state, and local officers worked the same operation together, and the final tally shows what happens when the mission is clear.
Guns off the street. Drugs out of the supply chain.
More than a thousand people in handcuffs.
That is what enforcement looks like under President Trump’s Justice Department.
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