drug bust

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...

An Okanogan County man is in jail after a routine traffic stop turned up a wealth of narcotics. The 47-year-old, whose name is being withheld at the request of the Washington State Patrol (WSP), was pulled over for a license plate violation just off U...

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...

Two people are in jail after being found in possession of illegal drugs in Grant County. Forty-four-year-old Jonathan Atabelo and 26-year-old Yasmine Stevens were arrested following a traffic stop on Interstate-90 about seven miles west of Moses Lake last Wednesday (Nov...

The search warrant was the result of a months long drug trafficking investigation.

A man is in jail after what police in Kittitas County are calling one of the largest drug busts they've had in recent memory on Tuesday morning. The incident began when a deputy from the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office noticed a pickup truck parked in a handicap space at a mini mart in the 1300 block of Dolarway Road in Ellensburg without a disabled parking placard...

A man is in jail and his one-year-old child is recovering after suffering a drug overdose in Wenatchee on Tuesday night. Capt. Edgar Reinfeld with the Wenatchee Police Department says officers and paramedics were dispatched to a residence in the 1100 block of Jefferson Street after receiving a call about a young child who was in distress...

Two people are in jail after they allegedly kidnapped an Okanogan County man at gunpoint. The victim told deputies the he was forcibly taken from a residence in the town of Monse on Sept. 12 by 48-year-old Michael Mair and his 31-year-old girlfriend, Regina Couture, both of Bridgeport...

A man who is suspected of contributing to a drug overdose death in Grant County is now in jail. Officers with the Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) and Homeland Security Investigations arrested 56-year-old Daniel King of Tulalip last Thursday (July 20) on two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with intent to distribute...

A multi-agency law enforcement investigation has resulted in the seizure of more than 100 pounds of illegal narcotics and the arrest of multiple suspects. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office was involved in the bust which included the discovery of approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (including Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored pills), and 80 pounds of methamphetamine, as well as six pounds of