U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in New England conducted a joint operation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, to arrest "illegal criminal aliens" on Tuesday.
In a post on X, the DEA New England division stated that its agents assisted ICE and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston with the arrests on the idyllic and upscale summer vacation island located 30 miles south of Cape Cod.
The Nantucket Current reported that the DEA confirmed the arrest of a man previously charged with kidnapping and domestic assault and battery, as well as a woman. Authorities did not disclose the suspects’ names or countries of origin.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the DEA for additional details.
In a statement to the publication, the acting special agent in charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division said only that the agency collaborated with its federal partners on immigration enforcement efforts.
The U.S. Coast Guard also assisted in the operation, reportedly transporting federal agents to Nantucket and back to the mainland with a suspect in custody.
The Town of Nantucket released a statement indicating that the Nantucket Police Department was contacted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and DEA about their plans to arrive on the island to serve an arrest warrant for a "violent offender."
Federal agencies requested assistance from Nantucket police, leveraging their local geographical knowledge. The department’s detective unit helped federal agents identify requested addresses and provided transportation for the DEA.
The DEA released two photos of the operation. One showed DEA agents on a U.S. Coast Guard vessel with their backs to the camera, while the other depicted the two suspects in custody.
In September, ICE made at least six arrests between the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. These arrests were part of a broader operation to detain illegal immigrant suspects accused of serious crimes in the beach towns favored by the Biden and Obama families.
One of those arrests occurred on September 10, when ICE ERO Boston detained Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, a 28-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant. He was charged with one count of rape of a child with a 10-year age difference and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips and ideas can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter @GregWehner.
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