Police Arrest Armed Felon in Belltown Drug Bust – SPD Blotter

Seattle cops assigned to the Group Response Group (CRG) arrested an armed felon throughout a drug bust in Belltown final night time.

On Aug. 6 at about 8:00 p.m., CRG officers, conducting narcotics operations within the 200 block of Blanchard Avenue, noticed a suspect dealing medicine. In response to the police report, they “noticed a hand-to-hand transaction the place the suspect traded narcotics for forex.”

CRG shortly arrested the 42-year-old man. Throughout his arrest, officers recovered:

3.5g Crack Cocaine

0.1g Fentanyl

7.5g Morphine capsules

Handgun

$80 money

CRG booked the suspect into King County Jail for Illegal Possession of a Firearm, and Sale and Supply of Managed Substance.

The suspect, a convicted felon on federal probation, is prohibited from carrying firearms. Detectives within the Narcotics Unit are assigned to this case.  

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