The LAPD said it used multiple wiretaps to target 'the upper echelon and most active members' of the Eastside Wilmas gang.
"The investigation led to multiple arrests beginning in 2020 and culminating this last week of February 2023," police said.
"The investigation was found to connect the Eastside Wilmas criminal street gang to other Harbor Area gangs including Westside Wilmas and Rancho San Pedro criminal street gangs." As a result of the investigation, authorities said they arrested 18 people on a number of gun and drug charges and seized:
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