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Federal Way man sentenced to ten years in prison.
Authorities seized nearly $3 million in narcotics and 17 firearms before Octavio Salazar Palma was sentenced for leading the conspiracy.
- On August 3, 2026, the Department of Justice announced Octavio Salazar Palma of Federal Way was sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering.
- Investigators revealed the drug network targeted "some of Seattle's most vulnerable, living in encampments in 'The Jungle'," according to Special Agent Robert Saccone of the DEA Seattle Field Division.
- Law enforcement executed 16 search warrants on May 29, 2025, seizing more than 57,000 fentanyl pills, 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, and more than $353,000 in cash.
- District Judge Tana Lin stated at sentencing that Salazar Palma was a leader who continued the conspiracy despite multiple seizures, remarking, "Only the arrest made you stop."
- Through the Fentanyl Free America initiative, DEA officials are disrupting the supply chain and reducing drug availability while dismantling criminal networks alongside federal, state, and local partners.
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Federal Way man sentenced to ten years in prison.
A lengthy wire-tap investigation uncovered a wide-ranging drug distribution network that had been involved in Seattle’s International District and nearby homeless encampments has led to a Federal Way man going to prison.
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