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Seattle Police arrest armed drug dealer in Belltown, seize guns, drugs, cash

Mar 13, 2025, 6:01 AM

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A Seattle Police Department patch is seen on an officer. (Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

A man was found with guns, money, and drugs in his possession after he was caught allegedly drug dealing in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood Wednesday.

Just before 9:30 a.m., officers with the Seattle Police Department (SPD), while conducting narcotics operations near 200 Blanchard Street, saw a man making drug deals in public. When arrested, police recovered 8.7 grams of crack cocaine, 24.6 grams of methamphetamine, 2.5 grams of cocaine, 0.2 grams of heroin, $1,425 in cash, and a semi-auto pistol.

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The alleged drug dealer, 44, was taken to King County Jail on suspicion of sale/delivery of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin and another charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. The suspect also had an existing $25,000 warrant for residential burglary, unlawful possession of a firearm, animal cruelty, and a court order violation.

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