Port Angeles – High Seas Drug Patrols

Image above – Closer to home, South entrance- Port Townsend Ship Canal

In the news:

Submarine Drug Bust: $240M of Cocaine Seized by Coast Guard Across 6 Vessels

“The significance of keeping this much cocaine from reaching our shores and streets is, no doubt, life-changing. Without these 9 tons of cocaine on American streets, fewer people will have access to this toxic poison, and hundreds of millions of dollars will not make it into cartel coffers,” said U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath. “The crew of the Waesche and the entire U.S. Coast Guard is to be commended for protecting our nation from the devastation, violence, and addiction that cocaine brings to our communities.”

“The Active is a medium endurance cutter homeported in Port Angeles, Washington.”

Port Angeles, WA

Unlike many cities of its size, Port Angeles, WA maintains a significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence. USCG drug patrols made from Port Angeles are occasionally in the news.

Long range patrols have not been able to create any shortage of cartel product in the Port Angeles area.

3 weeks ago – Peninsula Daily News

Jamestown Healing Clinic looks to expand services
Story by Peter Segall

“Martin added that 90 percent of the clinic’s patients come from Clallam County, which last year saw a significant increase in overdose deaths, largely driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl.”

Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?

Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.

New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?

Newspeople remain silent.

If you run a government operation-these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:

Jan 27, 2023 KONP FENTANYL NOW TOP DRUG IN CLALLAM COUNTY OVERDOSES

Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?

How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?

Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids in the Puget Sound area?

In the news:

Aug 28, 2023 Peninsula Daily News

Coast Guard cutter Active returns to Port Angeles

Crew back from 58-day patrol that included counternarcotics

“The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Active and crew returned to Port Angeles after the crew seized 130 kilograms of cocaine, aided in a search of a missing sailor and rescued three sea turtles during a 58-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.”

Love to see newspeople ask:

Have long range drug patrols out of Port Angeles been able to keep cartel product out of local correctional facilities?

Correctional facility security screening protocols fail to keep meth use from happening inside the facility:

Radio Pacific Aug 24, 2023

OLALLA WOMAN ARRESTED IN OVERDOSE DEATH OF CLALLAM COUNTY INMATE

“Lauren Smith was booked into the Clallam County Jail after being identified as the person who provided methamphetamine to an inmate at Clallam Bay Corrections Center, causing his overdose death.”

Welcome Home Troops

Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.

Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:

Port Angeles

Local people find drugs and report to local (not federal) law enforcement authorities. Federal employees create news story and say that federal agents used a K-9 to “seize” the drugs.

Question for CBP:

Why does the news story created by CBP not line up with local reports?

Question for mainstream newspeople:

If Port Angeles US Border Patrol agents used a K-9 to seize a significant amount of methamphetamine on April 11, why did federal agents not take over the investigation until May 3rd, three weeks later?

Mainstream newspeople remain silent.

May 3, 2021 Peninsula Daily News

Feds take over investigation after $7 million in drugs found

“Federal authorities have taken over the investigation into the early April discovery of 400 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine worth $7 million on a Joyce-area beach after no local-area connection with the drugs was established, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.”

News links and Sheriff’s Dept. Facebook post here:

Port Angeles Border Patrol – Investigation Stalled For 3 Weeks?

Original blog post:

Port Angeles Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth?

More here:

December 7, 2022 United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington

Two defendants appear on indictment connected to $7 million in drugs left on beach near Port Angeles, Washington in April 2021

More than 400 pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl powder show up on a beach near Port Angeles. Local CBP fails to keep product from entering Clallam County. How did this meth and fentanyl enter the US?

Zero questions from newspeople.

“On April 7, 2021, beachcombers near Port Angeles reported a black duffel bag with drugs inside. The Clallam County Sheriff’s office took possession of the bag found to contain 2 pounds of fentanyl powder and nearly 60 pounds of methamphetamine. The fentanyl powder was originally believed to be cocaine. Just days later, on April 11, 2021, a different beach walker reported another find – seven more duffel bags containing 342 pounds of methamphetamine. The Sheriff’s Office estimated the street value of the drugs as nearly $7 million.”

Have long range drug patrols out of Port Angeles been able to create any shortage of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?

Aug 29, 2023 The News Tribune

Pierce County and the opioid crisis: What data tells us about fentanyl’s local stranglehold

Port Angeles – Cartel Drugs

Port Angeles Border Patrol – Newspeople Remain Silent

Port Angeles Drug War – Fentanyl

Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin

2017

Coast Guard comes home to Heroin at Port Angeles

2015