DES MOINES, Iowa – Officials with the U-S Department of Justice/U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa, report federal search warrants were executed at 13 locations in the Des Moines metropolitan area, today (Dec. 18, 2024) :

• 700 block of SE 6th Street, Des Moines;
• 4700 block of 64th Street, Urbandale;
• 5800 block of Urbandale Avenue, Des Moines;
• 600 block of Kenyon Avenue, Des Moines;
• 7300 block of SE 19th Street, Des Moines;
• 3000 block of East University Avenue, Des Moines;
• 200 East Edison Avenue, Des Moines;
• 7200 block of SE 5th Street, Des Moines;
• 800 block of Knob Hill Drive, Des Moines;
• 14000 block of Lakeview Drive, Clive;
• 1200 block of East 34 Street, Des Moines;
• 5200 block of Douglas Avenue, Des Moines;
• 3700 block of East Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines.

The searches at the aforementioned locations were an official law enforcement action involving officers, agents, and investigators from Des Moines Police Department, United States Postal Inspection Service – Denver, San Francisco, Chicago, and Houston Divisions, FBI Omaha Field Office, FBI Des Moines Resident Agency, FBI Des Moines Central Iowa Gang Task Force (CIGTF), Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement (DNE), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center, Iowa State Patrol SWAT, United States Marshals Service, West Des Moines Police Department, Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Story County Sheriff’s Office, Pleasant Hill Police Department, Johnston Police Department, Altoona Police Department, Indianola Police Department, Ankeny Police Department, Clive Police Department, Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Norwalk Police Department, Urbandale Police Department, Waukee Police Department, Mid-Iowa Drug Task Force, Central Iowa Drug Task Force, Suburban Emergency Response Team (SERT), and Metro Special Tactics and Response (STAR), with assistance from the Chicago, Illinois Police Department and Houston, Texas Police Department.

Additional details were not immediately released.