Seattle police have arrested 11 people in an effort to crack down on open-air drug use, particularly in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
On Thursday, April 3, officers converged in the CID near 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street for a narcotics operation.
In one of the arrests, officers were on bike patrol at about 1:40 p.m. when they heard a loud Michael Jackson song coming from a parked SUV on South King Street. The officers saw a woman bouncing in her seat to the music in an area police said is “known for drug use and sale of stolen goods.” While officers talked with her, they noticed a bottle of tequila in the back seat and a glass pipe in the driver’s side door…