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Feds arrest 45 gang members in Charlotte, Gastonia | Crime | Gaston County News
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Forty-five gang members and their associates were arrested in the Charlotte area during a national law enforcement operation called 'Project Southern Tempest'.
Officials say Charlotte is one of eight cities in the United States where special agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Operation Community Shield Task Force partner with local authorities to arrest gang members.
On Tuesday, officials with ICE HSI announced a nationwide sting resulted in the arrest of 678 gang members and their associates representing 133 different gangs.