33 arrests, 14 pounds of meth seized in King County operation
Oct 23, 2012, 5:49 PM | Updated: 5:58 pm
In this Sept. 7, 2012, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated. Nearly 14 pounds were confiscated in South King County. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)
(AP Photo/Jim Salter)
Drug crime and the violence that follows those infractions is a problem in many urban areas. A group of law enforcement set out to tackle these crimes in a less urban-region and made 33 arrests and seized nearly 14 pounds of methamphetamine.
The “Hot Spot” initiative targeted gang, gun and drug crime in South King County. Led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigation, law enforcement took meth off the street as well as cocaine, heroin and prescription narcotics.
The drugs were worth nearly a million dollars at street value.
Among the 33 arrested over the three months, police seized 28 illegal firearms, some of which had been reported as stolen in Snohomish County.
The operation is the second of its kind in the Seattle area. The U.S. Attorney’s office called a similar 2011 operation in White Center in “a successful focus.”
