El Dorado County DA’s Office & El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Issue a Joint Statement 

Two-Night Crime Crackdown: Operation Folsom Blues 3.0 Nets 26 Arrests, 10 Guns 

September 23, 2025 – Placerville, CA – El Dorado County Sheriff's Office officials report that over two consecutive nights, on September 18–19, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office participated in Operation Folsom Blues 3.0, a coordinated narcotics-enforcement surge on the West Slope and in the South Lake Tahoe Basin. Teams served pre-planned search warrants, conducted targeted probation compliance checks, and carried out directed interdiction in identified hot spots.

The preliminary two-night results are:

• 26 arrests
• 10 firearms seized
• Methamphetamine: 157.2 g (approx.)
• Fentanyl: 11.5 g (approx.)
• Cocaine: 14.3 g (approx.)

The goal of the operation was to disrupt narcotics distribution, recover crime guns, and reduce overdose and violence risk through coordinated warrants, targeted compliance checks, and interdiction guided by shared real-time intelligence. Both the Sheriff and the District Attorney view this operation as a success, and they emphasized that the results send a direct warning to drug traffickers:

• District Attorney Vern Pierson: “Folsom Blues 3.0 reminds drug dealers that if you plan to traffic illicit narcotics, you are not welcome in El Dorado County.”
• Sheriff Jeff Leikauf: “If you try to deal illegal narcotics in El Dorado County, you don’t know who you’re selling to—and you should always be looking over your shoulder.”

We thank our partners: South Lake Tahoe Police Department, Placerville Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and El Dorado County Probation for their critical role in making this operation successful.

Source & photo: El Dorado County Sheriff's Office