Crime & Safety

Continued Drug Sweeps Includes Arrests in Edmonds and Snohomish County

Two distinct drug trafficking organizations are targeted.

Fourty-five people were arrested Wednesday and Thursday in Western Washington and elsewhere, including in Snohomish County, in a continuing series of two distinct drug trafficking investigations.

According to the Herald, warrants served Wednesday included the cities of Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace and Marysville.

The results of other raids were announced in and .

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The investigations are being led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and a collaboration between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF).

Both drug organizations were distributing substantial quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine. On some occasions one group would obtain drugs from the other to meet the needs of their customers. The drugs were transported, sometimes in hidden compartments, from Mexico, through Arizona and California and into King, Pierce, Skagit and Snohomish Counties for distribution.

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“I commend the collaborative work of federal, state and local law enforcement in disrupting these organized criminal groups that trafficked drugs in our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. “They sow the seeds of violence and addiction purely for profit.”

The DEA led investigation involved officers and agents from South Snohomish County Drug Task Force and King County Sheriff’s Office–Shoreline SET with significant contributions from Washington Department of Corrections.

The HSI/ATF led investigation was a joint investigation with officers from Snohomish Police Department. Among those also participating were the Lake Stevens Police Department, Eastside Narcotics Task Force, Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force, Washington State Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Offices of Field Operations, the Border Patrol and others.


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