Blanche Announces International Drug Takedown

(Washington, DC) -- Attorney General Todd Blanche is announcing a major takedown of opioid and fentanyl traffickers operating on the dark web. On Thursday from the Department of Justice, Blanche said Operation Tornado resulted in over 350 arrests worldwide, the seizure of drugs, weapons, and over 243-million-dollars. Blanche said prosecutions are underway in over 30 districts across the U.S. as a result of the operation. He added this was the most extensive, international anti-drug operation conducted in recent memory.