What started as a Harbor case spread fast, police say

BY JACOB JONES - The Daily World

An intense round of drug raids throughout Aberdeen and Hoquiam netted a dozen suspects Wednesday in an international methamphetamine smuggling investigation.

Twenty search warrants were executed from the South Sound to the Olympic Peninsula, according to Jodie Underwood, a media officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration in Seattle. Approximately 300 law enforcement officers were involved during the 24-hour operation.

In all, 22 suspects from five counties were arrested on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle. Officers seized a total of 20 pounds of meth, 41 firearms and $100,000 in cash during the raids.

Undersheriff Rick Scott said 12 people were arrested in Grays Harbor County, including “two localsâ€