The U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, announced arrests in two large undercover drug operations.

Law enforcement arrested 18 people in the long-term, multi-agency operations that stretched from Centralia to Snohomish County. Authorities said the suspects have ties to either Mexico or Ecuador.

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More than 140,000 fentanyl pills were seized, along with fentanyl powder, meth, heroin, and cocaine.

“The fentanyl alone seized in

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