62 Arrested in SF Fugitive Sweep

San Francisco police said Friday that a one-day enforcement operation across the Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts led to 62 arrests and the seizure of 338.5 grams of narcotics. The May 13 operation was carried out by the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Sheriff's Office as part of the city’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, or DMACC. Police said 52 of the people arrested had outstanding warrants. The department said the sweep focused on fugitives while also targeting open-air drug activity in several of the city’s most heavily policed neighborhoods. ### Where did the arrests happen, and who took part? The Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts were the focus of the operation, according to a San Francisco Police Department statement released May 15. The department said the arrests were made during a citywide DMACC joint operation involving SFPD and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office. (sanfranciscopolice.org) DMACC is the city’s multi-agency enforcement effort aimed at disrupting narcotics sales and street drug markets. In earlier San Francisco police statements about DMACC operations, the department said those efforts have also involved partners including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the California National Guard, though the May 13 statement specifically named SFPD and the sheriff’s office. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### How many of those arrested were actually fugitives? Fifty-two of the 62 people arrested had outstanding arrest warrants, police said. The department said nine of those arrests were made by the SFPD Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, which it identified as part of the operation. The remaining arrests were not broken out in the public statement by charge or booking status. (sanfranciscopolice.org) San Francisco police did not name the people arrested in the release, and the statement did not specify how many cases involved new narcotics allegations, probation issues or other offenses beyond the outstanding warrants. ### How much was seized, and why do some accounts differ? Police said officers seized 338.5 grams of narcotics, which the department converted to 0.74 pounds. That amount is a little under three-quarters of a pound, not “nearly a pound” in the ordinary sense. Some secondary write-ups also appear to contain errors. (sanfranciscopolice.org) One aggregated account described the seizure as “74 lbs,” while the SFPD statement gave the amount as 338.5 grams, or 0.74 pounds. The police department’s release is the primary source for the figure. ### Was this a one-off sweep or part of a broader campaign? (sanfranciscopolice.org) January 28, 2026, was the date of another one-day DMACC operation that San Francisco police said produced 53 arrests, 218 grams of narcotics seized and one firearm recovered. September 3, 2025, was the date of a separate fugitive-focused operation that police said resulted in 60 arrests. Those earlier releases show the May 13 action fits a pattern of repeated warrant and narcotics enforcement efforts under the DMACC umbrella. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Mayor Daniel Lurie is listed by the city as San Francisco’s mayor, and his administration has kept public attention on street conditions and drug-market enforcement. The May 15 police statement, however, did not include a comment from Lurie or provide policy details beyond describing the operation as part of DMACC’s ongoing work to disrupt narcotics sales and drug markets. ### What do police still have not said? (sanfranciscopolice.org) The May 15 release did not identify the substances seized, list individual charges or say how many of the 62 arrests led to felony bookings. The statement also did not say how many people were cited and released, how many remained in custody, or whether prosecutors had filed cases. (sf.gov) San Francisco police said only that the operation was intended to disrupt narcotics sales and drug markets in the city. Any court filings, charging decisions or additional identification of those arrested would likely come later through the sheriff’s office, prosecutors or court records rather than through the initial police announcement. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### What comes next after an operation like this? Booking and charging decisions typically follow after arrest, but the public record on this sweep is still limited to the police statement issued May 15. The San Francisco Police Department’s news page is the first place the department has posted updates on this and prior DMACC operations, and any named court cases would next surface through San Francisco criminal court records or prosecutor announcements. (sanfranciscopolice.org)