# FBI Operation Turf War nets 32 arrests

Published: 2026-06-03 · Severity: low · Sectors: government-national
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/e54c5427-2246-5f82-b7fe-a33b6e03c952/fbi-operation-turf-war-nets-32-arrests

> FBI-led Operation Turf War, a physical drug and violent crime takedown in West Virginia and Maryland, resulted in 32 arrests and kicked off Operation Summer Heat 2.0.

This article describes a law-enforcement operation with no cyber threat intelligence relevance. The FBI Pittsburgh Field Office, alongside West Virginia's Homeland Security Task Force and numerous federal, state, and local partners, conducted a multi-state takedown of a drug trafficking organization, resulting in 32 narcotics- and weapons-related arrests, seizure of cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl, firearms, cash, and cellular devices.

The operation also marked the debut deployment of the FBI Laboratory's Rapid DNA system in the Pittsburgh field office's area of responsibility, enabling rapid DNA profiling of arrestees against national criminal databases. The event served as the launch for Operation Summer Heat 2.0, a broader nationwide initiative targeting violent crime.

There is no computer-network intrusion, malware, exploited vulnerability, or cyber threat actor activity described in this article. It is a physical security and law enforcement story, not a cybersecurity incident, and is included here only because it was submitted for analysis.

## Mentioned in this report

- Campaigns: Operation Summer Heat, Operation Turf War

Source reporting: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-kicks-off-summer-heat-2-0-with-massive-hstf-takedown

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