Officers seize kilos of drugs, over $41K in arrests of alleged Snohomish County drug traffickers
Feb 28, 2025, 3:27 PM
Seattle Police Department officers seized a plethora of illegal items after busting multiple suspected drug traffickers in Snohomish County. (Photo courtesy of SPD)
(Photo courtesy of SPD)
Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers seized a plethora of illegal items after busting multiple suspected drug traffickers in Snohomish County.
According to from the department, an arrest was made on Monday in Mountlake Terrace, following two arrests in Everett last month.
Officers make Snohomish County arrest in January
SPD reported that on Jan. 24, SPD detectives and SWAT arrested a 45-year-old suspect and his 20-year-old alleged accomplice in the 12200 block of 19th Avenue Southeast in Everett’s Silver Lake neighborhood.
Detectives, according to the department, served a search warrant on the residence, which led to the seizure of 9,188.1 grams of fentanyl powder, 216.4 grams of cocaine, 21.1 grams of crack cocaine, 8.3 grams of methamphetamine, 282.7 grams of fentanyl pills, over $41K in cash, 9mm semi-auto pistol, 59.5 grams of fentanyl, plastic baggies, vacuum seal equipment, rubber bands and digital scales with drug residue.
The suspects were subsequently booked into the Snohomish County Jail for violating the Uniform Controlled Substances Act for the alleged sale/delivery of synthetic narcotics, methamphetamine and cocaine. SPD stated the 20-year-old was also booked for unlawful possession of a firearm.
“According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), two milligrams is a lethal dose of fentanyl,” SPD stated. “The suspects had over 9.2 kilograms.”
Investigation leads to another arrest in Snohomish County
The investigation continued and on Monday, law enforcement served back-to-back search warrants at an apartment building in the 22800 block of Lakeview Drive in Mountlake Terrace. There, Seattle police arrested a 51-year-old suspected drug trafficker in his apartment and found a drug lab inside another apartment where he allegedly mixed and packaged the narcotics.
Detectives recovered $3,000 cash, 2867.6 grams of fentanyl powder, 443.6 grams of methamphetamine, packaging materials, stamp press and scales.
“The approximate street value of the fentanyl is $200,690 and the approximate street value of the meth is $13,290,” SPD stated.
The department noted the suspect is a convicted felon and was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for violating the Uniform Controlled Substances Act for the alleged sale/delivery of synthetic narcotics and methamphetamine.
SPD reported the suspect is expected to be federally prosecuted for his crimes.
“According to the Narcotics Unit regarding Monday鈥檚 arrest, the case detectives were able to get ‘the boss’ who directed the efforts of those lower-level employees and profited from the illicit drug sales in his managerial role,” the department wrote in its blotter post.
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