Reputed members of the notorious Bloods, Crips and MS-13 gangs were nabbed by Long Island cops during a series of dramatic raids in the past week.
Nassau County cops locked up 35 suspects in all — including 15 suspected members of the dangerous street gangs — during three raids, police said.The other 25 suspects were wanted on outstanding warrants.
The sweeping operation also took drugs and 10 illegal guns off the streets, they said.
“Gang members, drug dealers, and violent criminals have no place in Nassau County,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman told reporters after two raids in Hempstead on Tuesday morning.
“Since taking office, I’ve hired more than 600 law enforcement officers and given them the resources they need to strengthen public safety, and take dangerous criminals off our streets,” he said.
“That commitment is why Nassau County remains the safest county in America, and we intend to keep it that way.”
The Post was on hand for the final raids where three reputed Bloods members were taken into custody and hauled away — leaving neighbors gawking at the show of police force.
Cops busted into homes armed with warrants and tactical gear — and wearing face masks, a move approved under a 2025 change in the law that allows law-enforcement officers to don them while taking part in federal immigration and county undercover operations.
The arrests was part of an operation targeting gang violence and drug trafficking on the Island and included an earlier raid April 15, according to police.
In addition to members of the high-profile gangs, cops said they also busted a thug from a Haitian criminal street enterprise known as “Zoe Pound,” police said.
“When you bring gang violence to Nassau County, we answer,” county Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said in a statement. “We are on a push to bring violence to its lowest levels in the history of this department and the history of this county.”
“This is our gang,” Ryder told reporters, referring to local law enforcement. “Our gang will win every single time.”
