{"id":5978,"date":"2026-10-16T05:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/st-louis-crime-operation-results-in-435-arrests\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:25:17","slug":"st-louis-crime-operation-results-in-435-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/st-louis-crime-operation-results-in-435-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Crime Operation Results in 435 Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 16, 2026 (STL.News) Federal and local law enforcement officials announced the results of Operation Show Me Justice on Thursday, October 15, reporting 435 criminal arrests, 166 firearms seized, 81 kilograms of illegal drugs confiscated, and more than $1.25 million in currency recovered during an eight-week violent crime enforcement initiative in St. Louis. The operation, led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), brought together federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in a coordinated effort to target violent offenders, illegal firearms trafficking and criminal activity involving guns and drugs. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FHRUCzEgc1Xg%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Officials announce results of violent crime reduction operation in St. Louis\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HRUCzEgc1Xg?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> The<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/st-louis-crime-operation-results-in-435-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 16, 2026 (STL.News) Federal and local law enforcement officials announced the results of Operation Show Me Justice on Thursday, October 15, reporting 435 criminal arrests, 166 firearms seized, 81 kilograms of illegal drugs confiscated, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5978","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\/5978","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=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5980,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions\/5980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}