FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Joint Federal State and Local Operation Across Puget Sound Targets Violent Drug Trafficking Organization
More than 35 Arrested on Indictments and Criminal Complaints Charging Gun and Drug Crimes
In the fourth major drug trafficking ring takedown in as many months, federal, state and local law enforcement officers fanned out across King, Pierce, Snohomish, Skagit and Thurston Counties to execute search warrants and arrest more than 35 members of a drug trafficking organization, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Today’s arrests are the fourth takedown in a series of cases aimed at reducing drug and gang violence in Seattle, South King and North Pierce Counties. Those taken into custody today will appear at 2:00 in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
“Over the last four months, more than 80 drug dealing conspirators moving meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl have been taken off our streets where they preyed on destructive addictions and used gun crime to further their trade,” said U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes. “For more than a year, local police worked with federal partners to build these cases, with the goal of addressing the shifting crime problems in South Sound communities.”
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/joint-federal-state-and-local-operation-across-puget-sound-targets-violent-drug