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A 22-year-old native of Mexico was sentenced in Seattle on Monday to three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a stash house for a drug trafficking organization, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced via a news release.
Jose Carlos Peraza Alvarez was arrested on August 2, 2024, after Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents raided a SeaTac stash house where Alvarez lived.
SeaTac drug trafficker sentenced
DEA agents seized 70 kilograms of methamphetamine, three kilograms of heroin, one kilogram of fentanyl pills, and six kilograms of fentanyl powder…