36-Month FBI-DEA Investigation Busts Huge WA Drug Ring

Along with the FBI and other agencies, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced the breakup of a major Tacoma drug street gang.

Drug couriers were smuggling in contraband from Arizona

The PCSO says the 36-month long investigation netted multiple arrests. Female couriers were bringing in the drugs through luggage into Baltimore and Seattle.

In the last 36 hours prior to the announcement, Officers sezied 5 pounds of Fentanyl, 15 pounds of meth, 60-plus pounds of marijuana, along with cocaine and heroin.

They also seized just over $111,000 in cash. They also confiscated 23 firearms. The drugs were brought in through airports, including SeaTac…

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