DENVER (KDVR) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Rocky Mountain Division is assisting the Department of Homeland Security to serve search warrants in a multi-location operation Wednesday morning.
DEA Rocky Mountain Division said in a post on X just after 7 a.m. that operations are taking place throughout the metro area. FOX31's Jim Hooley confirmed one location included the Cedar Run Apartments at 888 S. Oneida St. in Denver. This is in the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood.
Agencies on scene include DEA Rocky Mountain Division, DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and FBI Denver.
The X post also featured a video of two armed agents at what appears to be an apartment complex. In the video, one agent threw a device that distributed gas outside the area.
Buckley Space Force Base providing facilities for ICE immigration processingFBI Denver posted on X that the agency and Department of Justice partners are assisting DHS in what the FBI called immigration enforcement.
Hooley is on scene at Oneida Street gathering more information. At 8:15 a.m., Hooley said a SWAT truck pulled up on the scene at the apartment complex, however, he hasn't seen anyone taken into custody. Meanwhile, an officer is on a loudspeaker telling people in the area to stay in their apartments and cars.
At this time, it's unclear what other areas are involved.
This operation comes after ICE agents were expected to start immigration raids in Aurora on Thursday morning, Feb. 6, although those have reportedly been postponed.
This is a developing story. FOX31 will update this post when more information becomes available.
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