Officer stops theft suspect, recovers drugs and $7,000 in cash
Photo credit: Lynnwood Police Department
LYNNWOOD, Wash. - A Lynnwood Police officer contacted a theft suspect and ended up seizing several bags of drugs and $7,000 in cash.
Authorities say the 57-year-old man was a suspect for possession of stolen property. When the officer contacted him, he discovered he had about two pounds of meth, two pounds of Oxycodone, over 80 grams of heroin, more than 250 Xanax pills and almost $7,000 in cash.
It is unknown if the suspect was charged with possessing stolen property, but police say the drugs he had on him were enough to book him into the Snohomish County Jail for possession with intent to deliver.
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