SFPD Arrests 62 in Fugitive Drug Bust

The San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office arrested 62 people during a one-day operation on May 13 that targeted fugitives and narcotics activity across several parts of the city. Police said 52 of those arrested had outstanding warrants, including nine arrests made by the department’s Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team. Officers also seized 338.5 grams of narcotics, or about 0.74 pounds, according to an SFPD news release published May 15. The operation took place in the Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts, police said. ### Where did the arrests happen? The Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts were the focus of the operation, according to the police department and local news reports. SFPD said the sweep was part of the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center’s ongoing effort to disrupt narcotics sales and open-air drug markets in the city. San Francisco police have used the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, or DMACC, for earlier narcotics and fugitive operations as well. (sanfranciscopolice.org) In a separate January 2026 operation, SFPD said its Fugitive Enforcement Recovery Team made 53 arrests and seized 218 grams of narcotics and one firearm, describing that work as part of the same broader drug enforcement push. ### How many of those arrested were actually fugitives? Fifty-two of the 62 people arrested had active warrants, SFPD said in its May 15 statement. The department said the operation specifically focused on fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants, while also tying the effort to its wider narcotics enforcement campaign. Nine of those warrant arrests were made by the SFPD Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, the department said. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Police did not release in the statement the names of those arrested, the underlying charges tied to each warrant, or how many people might face new narcotics charges in addition to the warrant-related arrests. ### How much drug evidence did officers seize? (sanfranciscopolice.org) Police said officers seized 338.5 grams of narcotics during the operation. That total is roughly three-quarters of a pound, and SFPD’s release listed it as 0.74 pounds. The department did not specify in the release which drugs were recovered or how the narcotics total broke down by substance. Local coverage of the operation matched the police account that nearly a pound of drugs was seized alongside the arrests. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### Which agencies took part in the sweep? The San Francisco Police Department said the sheriff’s office joined the operation. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The police release did not list additional agencies in this specific May 13 action, but SFPD has said other recent DMACC operations have included federal partners such as the FBI and DEA as well as the California National Guard. (mercurynews.com) The sheriff’s office role in the May 13 operation was also noted in local reporting that described the arrests as a joint enforcement effort. That reporting said the operation was carried out over a single day. ### What does this add to San Francisco’s recent enforcement campaign? SFPD has carried out a series of similar operations in recent months. (sanfranciscopolice.org) In September 2025, the department said a one-day fugitive enforcement operation led to 60 arrests, with 34 people identified as having outstanding warrants. In January 2026, police said another one-day operation resulted in 53 arrests. (mercurynews.com) Over a separate weeklong enforcement push announced in November 2025, Interim Chief Paul Yep said officers and partner agencies made more than 70 arrests and seized nearly 10 pounds of narcotics in the Tenderloin, South of Market and Mission neighborhoods. Those earlier statements show the May 13 operation fits into an ongoing city campaign centered on warrant service and street-level drug enforcement. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### What happens after an operation like this? The May 15 SFPD release said the arrests came out of a one-day enforcement action, but it did not provide booking details, charging decisions or court dates for the suspects. In San Francisco, those next steps typically move through booking records, district attorney charging decisions and court filings tied to individual defendants. (sanfranciscopolice.org) San Francisco police said the operation was part of DMACC’s continuing work, indicating more enforcement updates could follow on the department’s news page. Any criminal cases stemming from the May 13 arrests would next appear through local court records and prosecutor filings involving the named defendants. (sanfranciscopolice.org)