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Puget Sound Mexican Drug Ring Dismantled
31 Arrested, 23 Guns & 19 Pounds of Meth Seized

Combined Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement.

JUL 02 --(Seattle) –– Federal agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) along with state and local law enforcement officers have arrested 31 people following a lengthy investigation into a drug trafficking organization that supplied methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico for distribution in Washington. Twenty of those arrested have been charged federally for attempt and conspiracy violations of the Controlled Substances Act.

"Operation ‘Arctic Chill’ was a 14-month investigation that resulted in the seizures of drugs, weapons and the arrest of 31 individuals who were part of sophisticated organization operating in the state of Washington," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Arnold R. Moorin.  "The dismantlement of this organization was a collaborative effort by state, local and federal entities, critical to the success of th is operati on." 

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