Upon learning about a criminal organization last summer, the Dallas Police Department’s Southwest Patrol Division Crime Response Team (CRT)/Deployment Unit began a collaborative investigation with the help of multiple Dallas law enforcement units and Homeland Security.

Under the street name of “Brotha Hood Soljas” or “BHS,” the organization is allegedly responsible for narcotics trafficking, weapons violations, aggravated kidnapping, and injury to a child. The group allegedly boasted about their crimes on social media.

“While looking for an active warrant, officers discovered the social media posts and began investigating the group,” said Dallas Public Information Officer Michael Dennis to The Dallas Express.

Investigators conducted several interviews, obtained arrest and search warrants, and formed a plan to stop the offenders.

On February 25, law enforcement executed multiple searches and arrests throughout Dallas and DeSoto.

During the operation, police confiscated 2,898 grams of marijuana, 146.3 grams of cocaine, 9.5 grams (75 tablets) of Oxycodone Hydrochloride, 7 grams of THC edibles, two portable marijuana grows, a Rosin THC Wax Press, sixteen firearms (eight handguns, seven rifles, and one shotgun), and $7,843 in cash.

The individuals arrested and their charges are as follows:

• Cesar Amaya, 30, Aggravated Kidnapping, Injury to a Child, Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Penalty Group 1), Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon.
• Alex Alcocer, 17, Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance (PG1), Possession of Marijuana, Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon.
• George Amaya, 29, Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance (PG1), Possession of a Controlled Substance (PG1).
• Alex Amaya, 31, Probation Violation for Possession of Controlled Substance (PG1), Possession of Marijuana.
• Damien Almaguer, 19, Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact.
• Vincent Rojas, 21, Outstanding Warrants.

Officer Dennis told The Dallas Express, “To keep the integrity of any investigation, the Dallas Police Department cannot discuss any pending investigations but can assure the public that any criminal activity that is discovered will be investigated to the fullest.”

Multiple Dallas CRT/Deployment Units collaborated on the investigation with Dallas Police Department’s Gang Unit, Narcotics Unit, Youth Operations, and Fusion Center/Real-Time Crime Center, along with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations agency.

The operation was the largest that the Dallas CRT/Deployment Units have ever performed.