CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – FBI Cleveland announced the seizure of over 640 kilos of drugs and almost 300 arrests in a Homeland Security Task Force.

According to the release, the initiative’s purpose is “to tackle the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations operating across northern Ohio and nationwide.”

Between Feb. 1 and Nov. 20, FBI Cleveland and its Homeland Security Task Force partners reported 297 arrests, 241 weapons recovered and 467 search warrants.

The initiative seized 643.6 kilograms of drugs, including:

• 210.60 kilos of cocaine
• 0.80 kilos of crack
• 12.82 kilos of fentanyl
• 1.48 kilos of heroin
• 417.90 kilos of meth

The initiative focuses on violations, including drug trafficking, money laundering, weapons trafficking, human trafficking, alien smuggling, homicide, extortion, kidnapping, and other transnational organized crime-related violations that may be of federal investigative interest.

In addition to the FBI and DHS, partner agencies include the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Agency, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Offices Northern District of Ohio and other federal, state, and local agencies that provide law enforcement or legal support to the task force.