SPD Blotter: Police Seize Gun, Drugs, Cash And Gold In Beacon Hill

Press release from SPD Blotter:

June 3, 2021 9:19 pm

Officers seized narcotics, gold jewelry, a stolen handgun and nearly $8,000 cash Thursday morning while serving a warrant as part of an investigation into a suspected drug dealer.

Police arrested the suspect this morning and searched his vehicle and home in the 3600 block of 13th Avenue South. Police found crack cocaine in several places within the residence, including hidden inside a prosthetic leg. In total, officers seized 74 grams of crack cocaine, $7,900 cash, 1.1 kilograms of gold jewelry, and a pistol that was reported stolen in 2009.

The 49-year-old man was booked into the King County Jail for illegal possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and possession of a stolen firearm.

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