(Dreamstime)
With a top drug-detection dog in tow, sheriff’s deputies in King County, Washington, seized more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine and heroin and nearly $90,000 in suspected drug proceeds in a Dec. 17 operation that law enforcement officials say struck a significant blow to a Sinaloa cartel-linked drug pipeline feeding the Pacific Northwest.
The large haul highlights continued cartel presence in western Washington and comes amid efforts to disrupt transnational drug networks.
In an operation dubbed “Operation Eastbound and Down: The Last Chapter,” King County deputies confiscated 214 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 pounds of heroin, and $89,780 in cash…