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Police arrested an armed felon for smoking fentanyl in front of a QFC on Capitol Hill.

The suspect was recently released from prison, and is prohibited from carrying firearms.

SEATTLE - Police arrested an armed felon after he was caught smoking fentanyl in front of a grocery store in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood overnight.

Seattle police officers recovered a firearm, 0.2g of Fentanyl, and narcotic paraphernalia during an arrest. (Seattle Police Department)

What they're saying:

According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), patrol officers saw a man smoking narcotics with a pipe in front of the QFC grocery store near Broadway and East Pike Street just after midnight.

Officers arrested the 27-year-old man without incident.

While interviewing him, police r

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