Chinatown Residents Cautiously Optimistic After Drug Bust

Chinatown residents cautiously optimistic after drug bust

One day after the Seattle Police Department (SPD), the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced nearly a dozen arrests following an 18-month undercover operation in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), I went back to the neighborhood to see how people are feeling about the operation. The feds said 14 suspected drug traffickers were indicted following the 18-month undercover operation dubbed “Operation Jungle Shri…

11 arrested in Seattle drug trafficking ring that preyed on CID homeless encampments

Law enforcement seized $3 million dollars’ worth of drugs, including methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl.

14 indicted on charges of drug trafficking in Chinatown International District

The indictments were the result of an 18-month long investigation into a drug trafficking conspiracy centered on homeless encampments and high drug use areas in Seattle’s Chinatown International District.

Law Enforcement Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Ring Operating in Seattle Homeless Camps, Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill Entire City TWICE - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Law enforcement in Seattle has dismantled a massive drug trafficking ring operating in homeless camps and seized enough fentanyl to kill the entire city twice. The operation was centered in the city’s homeless encampments and Chinatown-International District. “Fourteen individuals were indicted in late May 2025, and eleven were taken into custody during a series of

Chinatown residents see a surge in public drug use

Burien, Kent, Tukwila suspects among 14 indicted in major drug trafficking case - The B-Town (Burien) Blog

Fourteen individuals, including several from South King County, have been indicted in an ongoing federal crackdown on two interconnected drug trafficking rings accused of funneling massive quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine into Washington state, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington announced on Monday, June 2, 2025. The arrests follow a long-running wiretap investigation led by the FBI and the Seat…