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Feds swarmed MacArthur Park near downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, executing a massive drug bust and taking an alleged narco queen into custody.<\/p>\n
Bill Essayli, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, announced Operation Free MacArthur Park in a post shared via X, explaining that agents were targeting what amounted to an \u201copen-air drug marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOperation Free MacArthur Park<\/p>\n
Federal agents have taken control of MacArthur Park to execute federal arrest and search warrants targeting the notorious open-air drug market there.<\/p>\n
We are going after street dealers and suppliers of massive amounts of fentanyl and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/sozcSCGo5u<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cWe are going after street dealers and suppliers of massive amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the last 24 hours, federal and local law enforcement have started arresting 25 defendants charged in a federal criminal complaint with possessing and distributing dangerous narcotics, including fentanyl and methamphetamine,\u201d Essayli added. \u201cThe park\u2019s #1 drug trafficker, a Calabasas resident, is in federal custody and faces possible life imprisonment. The other defendants arrested today also face decades in federal prison.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New York Post gave additional details on the bust, reporting that Drug Enforcement Agency officers had also conducted a raid on the home shared by Mallaly Moreno-Lopez, a known \u201cnarco queen,\u201d and her boyfriend Jackson Tarfur. After surrounding the suspected stash house, they called the occupants to come outside. When no one did so, officers crashed through the door \u00a0\u2014 and DEA officers reported finding occupants attempting to flush narcotics down the toilet at the time of the raid. Both Moreno-Lopezand Darfur were taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Video taken at the scene showed just how massive the operation was.<\/p>\n
\nBREAKING: Major drug bust taking place right now across from LA\u2019s MacArthur Park. pic.twitter.com\/tsCNh9UxmK<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dr. Mehmet Oz, serving in President Donald Trump\u2019s administration as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, commented on the amount of fentanyl that was seized: \u201cMacArthur Park has become a cemetery. The thought that 190,000 doses of Fentanyl was seized should scare you. Fentanyl is used in the operating room, before you know it you can\u2019t breathe but fortunately we\u2019re there with a tube.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDr. OZ: MaCarthur Park has become a cemetery. The thought that 190,000 doses of Fentanyl was seized should scare you. Fentanyl is used in the operating room, before you know it you can\u2019t breathe but fortunately we\u2019re there with a tube \u2026. @DrOz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OMIb9CjSae<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche praised the joint operation, including both DEA officers and members of the Los Angeles Police Department, saying that they\u2019d succeeded in wresting control of MacArthur Park from the drug dealers.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the drug dealers poisoning the streets of Los Angeles: your safe haven is gone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nAgents from @DEAHQ<\/a> and officers from the @LAPDHQ<\/a> have taken back MacArthur Park.<\/p>\n
To the drug dealers poisoning the streets of Los Angeles: your safe haven is gone. pic.twitter.com\/dNaVDitSTM<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n