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A two-month investigation spearheaded by the Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force led to 11 arrests in downtown Bellingham on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Investigators believe the lead suspect operated out of a ...
The next day, investigators served search warrants on two apartments in Everett, WA, linked ... the Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force, Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, Bellingham Police ...
Richey was discussing the Whatcom County Drug task force. To his left are Bellingham Police Chief Rebecca Mertzig and Mayor Kim Lund. Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald Bellingham Police ...
Whatcom County law enforcement is celebrating a major win in the battle against fentanyl after announcing a significant arrest in a news release issued Thursday, Sept. 26 from the Whatcom County ...
Eleven individuals were arrested in and around downtown Bellingham on Tuesday on drug delivery charges, following an investigation by the Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force (WGDTF), according to the ...
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Twelve people, 11 in Washington state, were arrested this week in a massive drug bust investigation. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) Gang and Drug Task Force ...
spurring surveillance from the Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Agency Bellingham Resident Office, along with the Bellingham Police Department. The agencies surveilled the ...
A Bellingham woman has been ... The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Whatcom County Drug and Gang Task Force, with valuable assistance provided by the ...
Homeland Security and the Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force arrested a Canadian man ... from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Bellingham Border Patrol Station regarding the discovery ...
Bellingham had seen some high-profile drug deaths recently, including two teenagers who overdosed. The mayor, Seth Fleetwood, recounted meeting with the parents, which he called “difficult ...
Because of a shortage of officers starting in 2020, Bellingham sidelined its special units — including bicycle patrols, the drug task force, gang intervention, outreach, behavioral health, school ...