Cash recovered by the King County Sheriff’s Office during drug raids April 13 in King, Pierce and Thurston counties. COURTESY PHOTO, Sheriff’s Office

Cash recovered by the King County Sheriff’s Office during drug raids April 13 in King, Pierce and Thurston counties. COURTESY PHOTO, Sheriff’s Office

King County Sheriff’s Office seizes $250,000 cash, guns and drugs during tri-county raids

Detectives arrest Kent man

  • Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:08pm
  • News

King County Sheriff’s Office detectives busted four people, including a Kent man, on drug-related charges during a recent raid on several residences and a business in King, Pierce and Thurston counties.

Detective recovered four guns, 3.5 pounds of narcotics (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine) and $250,000 cash after serving search warrants April 13 at the locations, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release on Wednesday.

Detectives booked into jail on drug-related charges a 47-year-old Kent man, a 34-year-old Lacey man, a 29-year-old Puyallup man and a 56-year-old Puyallup woman.


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Meth recovered by the King County Sheriff’s Office during drug raids April 13 in King, Pierce and Thurston counties. COURTESY PHOTO, Sheriff’s Office

Meth recovered by the King County Sheriff’s Office during drug raids April 13 in King, Pierce and Thurston counties. COURTESY PHOTO, Sheriff’s Office

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