Investigators said the gang has been a fixture in Tacoma for two decades and has been responsible for crime, drugs, and violence, including drive-by shootings in Pierce County.

“The Knockout Crips is a transnational criminal organization whose illicit activity posed a significant threat to public safety in the greater Tacoma area,” Colin Jackson with Homeland Security Investigations said.

Investigators utilize two-month-long wiretap into Tacoma gang

Investigators said they utilized a two-month-long wiretap to gather information on the gang and how its members moved large quantities of fentanyl.

“A violent drug organization that sold and moved thousands of fentanyl pills at any given time. Drugs that were destined for the streets of Tacoma,” Tom Woods with the U.S. Attorney’s Office sai

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