Seattle – (KONP staff) Eleven people have just been indicted by a grand jury in the Western District of Washington for a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy.
One of those indicted is a rap artist from Snohomish County, who discusses his drug trafficking activity in a documentary video. All of those in custody appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
According to the indictment, the conspirators distributed large amounts of meth, heroin, and cocaine, smuggling the drugs into the U.S. from Mexico and then transporting them up the west coast for distribution in Pierce, King, and Snohomish Counties.
Since the wiretap investigation began, law enforcement has seized a 49-pound load of meth that was coming to Washington from California. Today alone law enforcement seized 18 pounds of heroin, 25 pounds of meth, 15,000 fentanyl pills, more than $150,000 in cash and 23 firearms.