More than 400 people were arrested by the FBI Boston division over the summer in a nationwide "effort to crush violent crime."

The FBI called “Operation Summer Heat” a “record-setting” operation as it aimed to remove gang members, drug traffickers, child predators and bank robbers from the streets starting on June 24 and lasting until Sept. 20.

FBI Boston ranked third among the FBI’s field offices in total arrests during this nationwide operation, according to a press release.

FBI Boston arrested 404 people in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, took 129 drugs, recovered 38 weapons and identified or located 27 children.

Specifically in Western Massachusetts, the FBI targeted neighborhood-based gangs operating in Holyoke and open-air drug dealing at locations where the

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