Operation Perfect Storm: Military Organized Crime Ring Rolled Up At Camp Pendelton

Cpl. Chelsea Flowers Anderson at U.S. Marine Corp Headquarters offers a piece on a military crime ring rolled up by law enforcement agencies.

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- The Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigated 64 individuals, some of whom are active-duty and former Marines and sailors, and confiscated one million dollars worth of contraband in connection with an organized crime ring in the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., area as part of Operation “Perfect Storm” June 4.

The operation is the result of an organized theft and narcotics undercover operation that began Aug. 8, 2012.  The inter-agency operation included NCIS, the San Diego County Regional Automobile Theft Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Note: The above photo was released by the U.S. Marine Corps.