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Operation Hard Ball Exposes Global Crime Ring | Venice Beach News
Federal authorities just smashed a massive international crime ring in “Operation Hard Ball,” arresting 24 people—including a 26-year-old Metro worker caught at the El Monte Transit Center. The operation, spanning the U.S., Canada, and Europe, targets the Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Ring, accused of trafficking drugs, weapons, and humans, plus extortion, kidnapping, and murder—including the 2023 assassination of a Sikh leader in Canada. Investigators seized 1,000 kg of cocaine, 1 kg of heroin, 12 guns, and $40,000 in cash. The syndicate allegedly terrorized Indian-American communities…
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