The Brief
- King County authorities are searching for Valentin Garcia Lazcano, a fugitive wanted for major drug trafficking.
- Lazcano’s co-defendant, Miguel Hernandez Domingo, received a 20-month sentence for distributing lethal amounts of fentanyl.
- Prosecutors are pushing for tougher penalties, as current sentences are seen as insufficient given the scale of drug trafficking.
KING COUNTY, Wash. – King County authorities are searching for a major drug trafficking fugitive, wanted for running a crew that sold millions worth of fentanyl, heroin, meth and cocaine.
Valentin Garvia Lazcano has a felony arrest warrant for drug dealing, accused of selling narcotics across King and Pierce County and wiring the money back to Mexico.
Deputies caught Lazcano red-handed hauling bags of drugs out of a storage unit, but two months after being arrested, he bailed out and is now on the run.
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