Venezuelan national with lots of drugs arrested in Federal Way

The drugs found in his motel room included 5,000 fentanyl pills.

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The drugs and items found in the suspect’s motel room.

Courtesy photo. The drugs and items found in the suspect’s motel room.

A Venezuelan man was arrested with a large load of drugs in Federal Way following a drug overdose in a motel.

Sebastian Velasquez-Perez, 22, a Venezuelan national, was arrested in Federal Way with a large amount of narcotics after he was found unresponsive in a motel room on March 8, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, Western District of Washington.

Responding Federal Way Police Department officers were called and subsequently obtained a court order to search the room, and discovered five bags containing approximately 3.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 12 bags of a powdery substance that will be tested as a possible controlled substance, five bags of fentanyl pills containing about 5,000 pills in all, and two bags of a black tar substance appearing to be heroin. Officers also located three cellphones, a digital scale with drug residue and nearly $8,000 in cash.

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According to the department, when staff discovered Velasquez-Perez, they administered two doses of Narcan and performed CPR. Velasquez-Perez was then transported to St. Francis Hospital and taken into custody.

According to the department, Velasquez-Perez did not have any documents in the motel indicating that he was legally present in the U.S. He remains in federal detention pending a hearing scheduled for March 17. This case is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, and the Valley Narcotics Enforcement Team, the department said.




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