Dealing a blow to the underground scene, the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division cracked down on an illegal gambling operation, swooping in with a warrant to net a stash of illicit goods, authorities announced. The raid targeted a gambling den on Ellis Street and led to the arrest of Trang Thuy Thanh Tran, a 45-year-old Oakland woman believed to be orchestrating the shady business.

It was Thursday evening when officers, backed by Tactical Company muscle, descended upon the 700 block location where they detained several adults in this tightly woven operation that netted over a dozen illegal gambling machines, a loaded gun, a stack of cash over $3,000, and a cocktail of suspected drugs, including cocaine and MDMA, added to drug sales paraphernalia, the SFPD revealed.

Caught in the act, Tran now faces a litany of felony charges, from maintaining a shop of illegal narcotics to conspiracy and the proliferation of unlawful gambling machines—her name is now etched into the books of the San Francisco County Jail, authorities confirmed. Through the concerted efforts of the local Sheriff’s Office and backing by the Army National Guard Counterdrug Taskforce, the bust signifies a clampdown on the city's narcotics terrain.

"We will continue to prioritize efforts to address the drug crisis in our city by taking wanted suspects off our streets and holding individuals who sell illegal narcotics accountable," San Francisco's finest made it clear this is no one-off but part of a grander strategy to clean up the streets from the grappling hands of drug and gambling-related crimes.