Local sheriff’s office deputies and police officers have been working together on a long-term investigation into a local drug distribution network they say is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Over the past month, the King County Sheriff’s Office Precinct 4 Special Emphasis Team (SET) continued the operation, titled “Operation Eastbound and Down – The Last Chapter,” stemming from the original Operation Eastbound and Down investigation from November 2025.
According to the Burien Police Department, investigators identified a regional drug supplier based in Lynnwood who was distributing large quantities of narcotics to local suppliers throughout King, Snohomish, and Skagit counties…