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SPD = Seattle Police Department
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
The largest drug takedown initiatve in Puget Sound has netted more than 80 drug dealers, U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes said. The iniative began this year and was conducted in four different operations across King, Pierce, Snohomish, Skagit and Thurston counties.
Thirty-five members of a drug trafficking ring were arrested Wednesday as part of the fourth bust, aimed at reducing drug and gang violence in South Sound communities.
The takedown comes on the heels of three other law enforcement efforts involving wire-taps and surveillance to dismantle sophisticated drug trafficking rings linked to violence.
The first takedown involved five defendants trafficking crack cocaine in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood.
The second, in March resulted in twenty arrests of heroin and meth traffickers operating primarily in South King County and the Tacoma area.
And in May, a third takedown dismantled two criminal groups trafficking methamphetamine in south King.
Taken together, these four operations resulted in the seizure of 75 guns, more than 95 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 32 pounds of heroin, more than 7 pounds of cocaine (both crack and powder) as well as ecstasy and fentanyl. More than $327,000 in cash and 22 vehicles also were seized.
From Wednesday's bust alone, law enforcement seized 12 pounds of heroin, more than 2 kilos of cocaine, a pound of methamphetamine, 124 pounds of marijuana, 41 firearms and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
The defendants in these cases face a variety of drug and gun charges. The penalties range from five years in prison to a maximum of life in prison depending on the pertinent charge.
This was an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, providing supplemental federal funding to the federal and state agencies involved. This investigation was led by the Seattle Police Department Gang and Narcotics Units, FBI Seattle Safe Streets Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Other agencies providing investigative assistance include ATF, USMS, and the U.S Bureau of Prisons.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Organized Crime and Druge Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF)
The Seattle Police Department Gang and Narcotics Units
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
FBI Seattle Safe Streets Task Force
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