(The Center Square) – A joint operation with local and federal law enforcement agencies netted 44 arrests in Nashville and the seizure of more than 150 firearms, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday. 

Operation Last Call targeted Nashville neighborhoods based on a three-year review of shooting calls and analysis of data from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, according to information from the U.S. Department of Justice. Along with the seizure of 150 firearms, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, the U.S. Marshals Service,  and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department seized two kilograms of methamphetamine, over one kilogram of fentanyl, and over half a kilogram of powder cocaine and crack. 

The areas targeted were the Harding Place 1-24 corridor, the Bell Road-Murfreesboro Pike area, Brick Church Pike-Trinity Lane corridor and the Napier-Sudekum neighborhood, according to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake. 

"Operation Last Call is precision policing in the truest sense,” Drake said. “The guns seized, totaling more than 150, will not be part of a future homicide, robbery or shooting incident." 

Law enforcement agents made 44 arrests over a five-day span that began on Wednesday, Aug. 19, and ended on Sunday, Aug. 23, according to the Justice Department. The charges included distribution of methamphetamine, unlawful transfer of firearms, dealing firearms without a license and distribution of fentanyl. 

Twenty-seven of those arrested had felony records, and 10 were on parole, probation or supervised release, according to the Justice Department. 

“Every illegal firearm removed from the hands of a violent offender or prohibited person and every illegal narcotic removed from our communities potentially saves lives,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Jamey VanVliet.