Enumclaw Man Indicted In Connection To Large Drug Bust

ENUMCLAW, WA - Police around the region on Tuesday arrested about a dozen people and seized pounds of drugs in connection to a large drug trafficking operation, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle.

Police and federal agents raided a dozen homes Tuesday morning from Marysville to Lakewood, collecting 22 pounds of methamphetamine, a pound of heroin, and 40 guns. Tuesday's arrests come after police stopped a car in March along I-5 that was carrying 25 pounds of methamphetamine.

Members of the ring that have been indicted so far include:

• Jaime Astorga Vega, 31, of Federal Way
• Jose Alvarez Sanchez, 25, of Kent
• Javier Garcia Rodriguez, 30, of Des Moines
• Yajaira Andrade Diaz, 20, of Des Moines
• Prisciliano Pascacio Pacheco, 28, of Kent
• Danny Avila, 28, of Enumclaw
• Jeffrey A. Anonson, 47, of Kent
• Margarito Torres Valdovinos, 24, of Seattle
• Frederick Clayton Bailey, 63, of Ravensdale
• Alicia Lee Robertson, 43, of Lakewood
• Trinidad Ramirez Ramirez, 27, of Black Diamond
• Ismael Garcia Valenzuela, 24, of Thermal, Calif.

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