39 arrested in gang-related raid

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- Thirty-nine people were arrested in New Haven in the second wave of raids designed to reduce violent crime and narcotics trafficking in the city.

A total of 105 people have been charged with narcotics trafficking and gang violence in the Dwight-Kensington and Fair Haven sections of New Haven. According to police, 90 of those people have been arrested, while officers continue to search for the remaining 15.

On May 17, indictments charging 61 people became unsealed. [ Click here for the full story .]

Police say they targeted the Dwight-Kensington and Fair Haven neighborhoods to reduce violent crime and narcotics and firearm trafficking in the city. Police say many of the violent acts reported in these ares was due to gang-related drug trafficking between the Bloods and the Island Brothers.  

"The arrests of these individuals will send a clear message that there is no area that DEA and our law enforcement partners will relinquish to gangs," said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Lane. "If you traffic drugs, you will be investigated, arrested and prosecuted. The success of this operation is a direct attribute of the collaborative work effort of the DEA New Haven Task Force, our local law enforcement counterparts and the United States Attorney's Office."