DHS & Special ID Cards vs. Puget Sound Heroin

US Department of Homeland Security-

Special ID cards make it virtually impossible for those who wish to do harm or violate U.S. laws to move heroin into the Puget Sound area:

Office of Biometric Identity Management Identification Services

Kent-

Kent Police bust convicted killer wanted for dealing heroin

A pound of heroin gets past the US Dept. of Homeland Security and into Burien:

Meth, cash, heroin seized in Burien drug bust

Whidbey Heroin-

“Freeman reportedly said he and his girlfriend were sick from heroin withdrawal. He said he couldn’t take it anymore and decided to rob a bank, explaining that it was something he had thought about doing before, the report states.”

Olympic Peninsula-

Massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca fails to keep heroin out of Port Angeles:

Not going away’: North Olympic Peninsula wrestles with increasing heroin use “Clallam’s number is the highest per capita opiate-related death rate in the state, noted Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for both North Olympic Peninsula counties.”

Sign of the times:

North Olympic Peninsula health officials ask pharmacies to stock heroin overdose antidote

Question for newspeople:

What role do 1,200-horsepower Border Patrol Interceptor boats play in keeping heroin away from the Olympic Peninsula?

“… their main interaction with the boating public: Boarding boats and checking for ID, getting a “vibe,” as Jeff P. called it, for what’s up.”

More here:

Heroin at Port Angeles: Heavily fortified small town unable to keep heroin out

Border Patrol Business is good at Port Angeles

Fined for not speaking to the media-

US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA-

Secret arrest statistics, denied FOIA requests, heroin in the community & a Border Patrol whistleblower investigation that resulted in further suppression of information-

News links and documentation here: News tip/story idea

June, 2013

DEA-

“Barnes says the heroin comes straight up I-5 from Mexico and is one of the cheapest drugs out there.”

Poulsbo heroin-

“Heroin comes from Mexico, across the border, it generally flows through Yakima, then goes to the Seattle area and disperses out from there.”

Nov, 2013 Poulsbo, WA-

“Police Chief Al Townsend says a growing heroin problem in the city is now responsible for 80% of crime…”

Oct, 2013-

“The cartels control the flow of heroin across the border.”

Kitsap County WA-

“All of our heroin is from Mexico and it’s black tar heroin.”