Drug dealer jailed after $116K cash, 21 pounds of narcotics seized in Thurston County

The Thurston County Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant Monday, Aug. 4, at a residence in the 300 block of School Street Southeast in unincorporated Thurston County targeting a local, mid-level drug dealer after conducting numerous controlled purchases, according to a social media post from Sheriff Derek Sanders and a news release from the task force.

The search warrant yielded 21 pounds of fentanyl, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, LSD, adderall, mushrooms, alprazolam, DMT and other drugs.

Additionally, detectives seized $116,000 cash from drug sales, jewelry, an unserialized handgun, ammunition, scales, packaging material and a 2025 Toyota Camry, Sanders said. The suspect has been booked for numerous felony drug and firearm related offenses, and bail was set at $25,000.

The Lacey Police Department, Olympia Police Department, Tacoma Police Department and the FBI assisted in this case.