INDIANAPOLIS — Federal agents are serving warrants on the north side and other locations in Central Indiana, according to the FBI.
An FBI spokesperson told WRTV on Wednesday that agents are "active in multiple locations" in and around Indianapolis.
A DEA spokesman confirmed their agents are also involved in the investigation.
The investigation is on-going, but police say the warrants are part of a larger operation to take guns and illicit drugs off the streets. Additionally, federal agents are also focused on targeting animal abuse.
One of the warrants was at a home near 32nd and Keystone on Indy's northeast side. WRTV's cameras caught multiple dogs been taken out of the home.
"First off, we saw that people were never really buying the dogs. He would keep them outside in all types of temperatures," Eric Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez lives near 25th and North Post Road, where federal agents were conducting more raids.
"These dogs are out all the time. They never go in, it doesn’t matter the weather," neighbor Gary Gibson said.
WRTV's cameras also caught agents taking treadmills and other equipment used train dogs out of the home.
"They are taught that violence is accepted and that’s what they have to do or they get violence inflicted on them," Laurie Collins, founder of Lucci's House Bully Rescue, said.
Lucci’s House Bully Rescue, a dog rescue in Indianapolis, told WRTV federal officials are focused on at least one 80-year-old man who is believed to be part of a dog fighting operation.
"Dog fighting is literally training one dog to attack another until the death," Collins said.
The FBI tells WRTV it's expecting to release more information in the coming days.
The FBI is also serving warrants in Muncie.
