Gang Sweep Nets About 50 Alleged White Supremacists in Orange County, Calif.

SANTA ANA, Calif.  (CBS/KCAL/AP)  A gang sweep in Southern California has resulted in the arrest of nearly 50 alleged white supremacists on suspicion of extortion, conspiracy and solicitation of aggravated assault and murder.

Federal and state officials announced the arrests as the culmination in Operation Stormfront, named after a supremacist Web site called "Stormfront," according to CBS affiliate KCAL.

According to authorities, the focus of the investigation was drugs and guns.

Fourteen were indicted on extortion, conspiracy and solicitation of aggravated assault and murder charges, according to prosecutors. Twenty others were arrested on probation and parole violations and one was arrested for suspicion of attempted murder, reported KCAL.

Orange County DA Tony Rackauckas called the operation "the largest-ever takedown of white supremacist prison and street gang criminals in Orange County."

The operation was spearheaded by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the District Attorney's of Orange County, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Attorney's Office and the Orange County Sheriff's Department.