King County continues to deal with fentanyl and methamphetamine. Incidentally, these are two of the most common drugs seized by law enforcement. The King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) reported that $17.5 million dollars worth of drugs were seized last year. Drug busts are happening across the Puget Sound region. Police has used media and other strategies to continue to sound the alarm on fentanyl. Officers recovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, guns, and cash.
The operation focused on drug deals on Third Avenue and Pike Street, and Second Avenue and Bell Street. Five arrests were made in the same area three weeks ago, but the drug dilemma reaches far past those specific streets.
The are also significant drug busts happening in other places besides King County. The Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force said it has had a 2,500% increase in fentanyl seizures since 2020, with 559,396 fentanyl pills seized last year.
A few days before the most recent operation in downtown Seattle, Pierce County deputies seized 90 pounds of methamphetamine and 5 pounds of powdered fentanyl, which investigators say could have produced hundreds of thousands of pills.
New numbers from KCSO show that 30 pounds of powdered fentanyl, 465 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than 26 pounds of heroin were seized. Also seized were more than 750,000 fentanyl pills were seized in 2022.
