The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Monday announced it made 670 arrests and seized large quantities of drugs, more than US $18 million in cash and 244 guns during a week-long surge aimed at dismantling the Mexico-based criminal organization known as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

During the operation that ended on Sept. 26, DEA agents from 23 domestic field divisions and seven foreign regions carried out coordinated actions that resulted in the seizure of 92.4 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 1.1 million counterfeit pill