Early Friday morning, a quiet stretch of Vashon Island turned into a full-on police operation as King County sheriff’s deputies and a tactical team hit a home near uptown with a search warrant, arresting a resident suspected of running a drug distribution network. The show of force, including a SWAT unit and air support, startled neighbors and ended with one person in custody after what authorities described as a months-long narcotics investigation.
According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, Precinct 4’s Special Emphasis Team (SET) and TAC-30 (SWAT) served the warrant as part of that ongoing probe and arrested a known narcotics trafficker. The suspect was booked on two counts of distribution, including fentanyl and methamphetamine. The sheriff’s office also reported that a second person was charged with the investigation of unlawful use of a building for drug purposes, alleging the property itself was used to facilitate drug activity.
What Police Say And The Charges
In its Facebook post, the King County Sheriff’s Office said the arrest capped a multi-month investigation. Deputies reported taking a suspect into custody “for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine” and booking that person into King County Jail on two distribution counts. Another individual on the property faces a charge tied to allowing drug activity at the location under the “unlawful use of a building for drug purposes” statute…