‘Predatory behavior’: Seattle man gets 75 months for selling drugs in ‘The Jungle’ encampment

A 43-year-old Seattle man was sentenced to 75 months in prison Wednesday for his years-long activity dealing meth and fentanyl in Seattle homeless encampments and the Chinatown-International District (CID).

Khampheth Keodara sold fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and cocaine to people residing in a homeless encampment under I-5 near the CID, informally known as “The Jungle,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.

“You were dealing fentanyl, meth, and cocaine – drugs that cause great harm in our community. Your actions added to all that suffering,” Judge Tana Lin said at the sentencing hearing…

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