PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Denver Field Office and the Pueblo Police Department have released the results of a major joint operation targeting violent crime in Pueblo.

The FBI says that from August 5 through September 5, over 40 law enforcement agents were involved in the FBI's Operation Summer Heat, which focuses on finding fugitives and removing violent criminals.

During that month, the team did the following;

Made 20 arrests

Removed 42 guns from the community

Seized three pounds of cocaine

Seized almost four pounds of meth

Seized almost 19 pounds of fentanyl

“The collaboration and focused efforts of the members of the Pueblo Police Department, along with the FBI’s Southern Colorado Safe Streets Task Force, the DEA’s Southern Colorado Drug Ta

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