FBI Dallas and its law enforcement partners arrested 186 people and identified or located 49 child victims across North Texas over four months this summer.
The results come from Operation Summer Heat 2.0, a nationwide FBI initiative that ran from June 1 through Sept. 20, according to an FBI Dallas announcement on Oct. 27. The operation targeted violent criminals, fugitives, gangs and transnational criminal organizations, first reported by Texas Scorecard.
The FBI has not identified which North Texas agencies participated or where specific arrests took place. The Prosper and Celina area falls within the FBI Dallas field office's territory in Collin and Denton counties.
In addition to the arrests, North Texas law enforcement seized 121 illegal firearms, 1.2 kilograms of fentanyl and 33 kilograms of cocaine during the operation, according to the FBI. Officials also obtained 169 indictments and secured 71 convictions involving violent crime subjects over the same period.
R. Joseph Rothrock, FBI Dallas special agent in charge, pointed to multi-agency cooperation as the driving force behind the results.
"By leveraging these relationships, we made significant progress on reducing violent crime in North Texas," Rothrock said in the FBI statement. "Fighting crime is a responsibility we all share."
The 2026 operation expanded on the original Summer Heat, which the FBI first launched as a three-month initiative in 2025. Nationwide, the 2026 effort produced sharp increases over the prior year: a 120% jump in illegal weapons recovered, a 63% increase in fentanyl seized and a 34% increase in children identified or located, according to the FBI.
Across the country, Operation Summer Heat 2.0 led to 8,927 arrests and the recovery of 5,013 illegally possessed firearms. Agents seized 687 kilograms of fentanyl nationwide. The FBI estimated that amount equals 52 million lethal doses. Federal agents and intelligence professionals also identified or located 1,410 child victims nationally.
The FBI said the announcement follows the release of its 2025 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) summary, which documented declines in reported crime nationwide.
Residents who have information about violent crime or crimes against children can contact the FBI Dallas field office at 972-559-5000 or submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov.
