2 felons arrested in South Lake Union after sleeping in stolen car with guns, drugs

Two felons were arrested Sunday night in South Lake Union after they were sleeping inside a stolen car with guns and drug paraphernalia in their hands.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers responded to trespassers at a storage facility in the 700 block of Fairview Avenue N., SPD announced.

At the scene, they found two people inside a stolen vehicle, who were “asleep with drug paraphernalia in their hands,” according to the SPD report.

Guns, fentanyl, and suspected stolen goods recovered at the scene

Police detained both occupants, a 31-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man, for questioning. During the investigation, officers seized two firearms, $666 in cash, and 4.6 grams of fentanyl.

“There was also a large amount of high-value items such as laptops, gaming consoles, safes, electronics, clothes, and a drone that are suspected to be stolen,” according to the police report.

Officers found several warrants for the man’s arrest that totaled more than $430,000, which included theft, robbery, driving on a suspended license, possession of a stolen vehicle, hit and run, and escape.

SPD booked both suspects into the King County Jail for multiple felonies, including possession of a stolen vehicle, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, and narcotics possession.

SPD noted both suspects are convicted felons and are prohibited from having guns. Additional charges could be applied as SPD detectives complete the investigation.

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