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Alleged drug dealer arrested with $3 million in drugs near JBLM

King County $3 million drug bust

KING COUNTY, Wash. — The King County Sheriff’s Department says its Special Emphasis Team in SeaTac made a massive drug bust over the weekend.

The team seized $3 million in drugs from a man they said was a known drug trafficker in the area.

On Sunday, along Interstate 5 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the team arrested the man. They said he’d been selling cocaine and ketamine from Bremerton to Seattle.

Here’s what deputies and detectives seized:

• 24 lbs. Cocaine

• 2 lbs. Ketamine

• 1 lbs. MDMA

• 50 lbs. processed Marijuana

• 1000 Ecstasy Pills

• 9 Firearms

• $6000.00 Cash

• 1 2020 Subaru Outback

The man was booked into the King County Jail on possession charges and intent to sell.

A behemoth bust for our Special Emphasis Teams in SeaTac, Precinct 4 and our Criminal Investigative Unit. After many...

Posted by King County Sheriff's Office on Friday, January 17, 2025
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