{"id":5771,"date":"2026-10-10T06:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/operation-loaded-dice-nets-144-arrests-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T06:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:55:08","slug":"operation-loaded-dice-nets-144-arrests-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/operation-loaded-dice-nets-144-arrests-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Loaded Dice Nets 144 Arrests in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/jpGgzJIr_ds\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Operation &amp;apos;Loaded Dice&amp;apos; leads to 144 arrests across Las Vegas area\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jpGgzJIr_ds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013 October 10, 2026 (STL.News) A major federal, state, and local law enforcement operation targeting suspected drug trafficking organizations, illegal firearms networks, and violent criminal activity led to 144 arrests in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Operation Loaded Dice, launched in July 2026 by the Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force, also resulted in the seizure of 290 firearms, approximately 1,124 kilograms of narcotics and more than $1 million in cash and other assets. Federal prosecutors announced the results Thursday, October 8, describing the operation as a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/operation-loaded-dice-nets-144-arrests-in-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013 October 10, 2026 (STL.News) A major federal, state, and local law enforcement operation targeting suspected drug trafficking organizations, illegal firearms networks, and violent criminal activity led to 144 arrests in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5773,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions\/5773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}