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Repeat Belltown drug dealer arrested with major stash of cocaine, fentanyl

Mar 24, 2025, 12:41 PM

Photo: A Seattle Police Department vehicle is parked outside Lumen Field in Seattle. Officers said ...

A Seattle Police Department vehicle is parked outside Lumen Field in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

(Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

A Kirkland man known by police as a repeat drug dealer was arrested in Seattle last week in the downtown neighborhood.

The suspect was arrested on March 19 in the 2300 block of Elliott Avenue by narcotics unit detectives, west precinct officers, and community response group team members. When police executed a search warrant on his vehicle and his home in Kirkland, they found an assortment of drugs and cash.

In total, officers recovered 102.1 grams of fentanyl, 175 grams of cocaine, 65.7 grams of crack cocaine, and $4,600 in cash.

According to detectives, the suspect was a constant problem in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, regularly driving into the area to sell cocaine.

Seattle Police Department officers booked the suspect into King County Jail on narcotics charges related to the sale and delivery of narcotics.

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