columbia river drug task force

The Columbia River Drug Task Force says Salvador Alvarez-Palominos sold meth twice to a police confidential informant in the first three months of this year.

The arraignment of 61-year-old Linhui Yan did not take place this week because of the absence of the judge assigned to the case.

The investigation started in October of last year when deputies say they received information from reliable sources that drugs were being sold out of a home.

Steven E Graham, 38, was arrested last Nov. 29 at a hotel where agents with the Columbia River Drug Task Force

The Columbia River Drug Task Force (CRDTF) saw one of its busiest years for drug busts in Chelan and Douglas Counties last year. In 2023, the CRDTF opened 119 new cases and made 104 total arrests. Chief of Special Operations with the Chelan County Sheriff's Office, Ryan Moody, credits several factors for the uptick in activity...

Steven Irland has pleaded guilty in Douglas County Superior Court to seven felonies, including three counts of second-degree assault.

Two men are in police custody following a drug bust in Wenatchee late last month. Agents with the Columbia River Drug Task Force arrested 38-year-old Steven E. Graham at a downtown hotel on Nov. 29 after a lengthy surveillance operation. Sgt...

Brian Mariano Rivera Martinez entered a plea deal Monday in Chelan County Superior Court and was sentenced by Judge Travis Brandt.

Numbers compiled by county coroner Wayne Harris show the high mark of 31 overdose deaths last year has fallen off by about a third so far in 2023.

A lawsuit from 60-year-old Linhui Yan and 44-year-old Yan Yang claims the Columbia River Drug Task Force improperly seized almost $135,000 from their bank accounts.