COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A two-year-long investigation has led to more than a dozen alleged violent gang members behind bars.    The Columbus Division of Police’s Gang Enforcement unit said the suspects are members of the Livingston and Lonsdale Bloods gang, linked to drug trafficking and violent assaults in central Ohio.   Ohio principal reinstated after investigation into election message to staff The investigation called Operation Pocket Aces targeted suspects police said have plagued the Far East Side neighborhood and the entire city for nearly two decades.  Police said they know other members are still out there and they have a message for them.  “We laid the groundwork so if they commit one more act of violence, then they're joining their friends,” Sgt. Shawn Gruber with the Columbus Division of Police’s Gang Enforcement Unit said.   Police handed down a 191 count indictment, arresting 16 alleged members of the gang.  “I was kind of shocked,” Chandler Tennant, a Far East Side resident, said.   Tennant said he recognized some of the suspects.  Ohio-based furniture store to close all locations amid bankruptcy filing “Now we can go to the store safer and, you know, that's the best thing,” he said.   Columbus Police released body camera footage from the gang enforcement unit’s round up earlier this month. The 16 suspects are facing a range of charges from drug trafficking to attempted murder. Livingston Lonsdale Indictment ListDownload Gruber said that while officers executed search warrants, they seized 56 firearms, two illegal Glock switches, and large amounts of drugs including cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, oxycodone pills, and marijuana. Officers also found more than $150,000.  Police say every person arrested was prohibited from owning a firearm due to previous felony cases.   “With gangs, there's violent individuals that traffic drugs,” Gruber said. “They don't just traffic drugs and again, this investigation is ongoing and we hope to uncover a few more violent crimes that were committed by the gang.”   The division's Gang Enforcement Unit has been around for about two years now. ATF agent wins $1.6 million in lawsuit against Columbus police over 2020 arrest “This is a testament to what happens when we all work together,” Columbus Division of Police First Assistant Chief Lashanna Potts said. “We can disrupt and dismantle gang violence in Columbus. And we're doing it one gang at a time.”  Columbus police leaders hope this eliminates fear in the neighborhood and sends a message to violent criminals.   “I think I was lucky enough to last time we did this for the BL 800 gang, say that there's another one to come that we're working on, here it is, and I'm happy to say there is another one in the works right now,” Gruber said. “So as long as there's group and gang violence in the city, we're going to continue doing these cases.”  He said this is still an ongoing investigation and police hope to solve more crimes involving these gang members in the coming weeks.   Why fighter jets may be flying over Chillicothe and southeastern Ohio The gang enforcement unit has spent the last two years observing the group and executing search warrants to build their case against them. This investigation was also in partnership with the Franklin County prosecutor and federal agents from the Columbus Field Division Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.