Weeks-long investigation by Auburn Police yields chunks of drugs

AUBURN, Wash. — Auburn Police recovered a sizeable amount of illegal drugs following a weeks-long operation.

The investigation by the department’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) stemmed from a person suspected of distributing fentanyl and possessing illegal guns.

Over several weeks, members of the SIU gathered enough evidence for a drug trafficking arrest.

Once a warrant was approved by a judge, on Nov. 1, members of the Auburn SIU and the Valley SWAT Team executed a search.

Authorities recovered:

• $8,688.50 in cash.
• 5.1 pounds of fentanyl.
• 57 grams of methamphetamine.
• 8 grams of cocaine.
• 1 ghost gun.

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