These are the guns, money & drugs confiscated during today's gang sweep in Coachella @MyDesert pic.twitter.com/9D1HLIOj8J
— Colin Atagi (@TDSColinAtagi) February 25, 2016
Police arrested twenty-five people on Thursday as part of a gang sweep in the east Coachella Valley.
The raids, involving 500 members of law enforcement, were the culmination of a two-year investigation into Coachella gangs, reports The Desert Sun.
Another compliance check in Coachella as a part of Operation Safe Coachella. The latest at noon @KESQ pic.twitter.com/4C4WFxE9wD
— Megan Terlecky (@MTerlecky) February 25, 2016
At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced a civil gang injunction that bars named gang members from operating in the area.
Per injunction, the members of Varrio Coachella Rifa will be barred from Coachella, as shown on map below. pic.twitter.com/sjfYgICOyI
— Brett Kelman (@TDSbrettkelman) February 25, 2016
“I want to make this point very clear,” Hestrin said. “Any gang member who doesn’t want to be subject to this civil injunction has two choices: they can leave the gang or they can leave the area. It’s as simple as that.”
