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OCSO K9 help HIS locate smuggled drugs

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MAZAMA – A Canada-Washington state cross border drug smuggling operation was intercepted on June 17 when elements of the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) working with Homeland Security discovered a cache of narcotics near the town of Mazama.

Okanogan County Sheriff Tony Hawley reported that Sergeant Gene Davis and his K9 partner Gunner assisted Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) in locating two suitcases full of methamphetamine weighing 186 pounds in a heavily brushy area of the Okanogan National Forest near Mazama. The street value of the seized drug is estimated to be about $1 million.

“The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office currently has two K9 teams, Sergeant Gene Davis with K9 Gunner and Sergeant Tait Everett with K9 Havoc,” said Hawley. “Both K9 Gunner and K9 Havoc were purchased with funds raised by the citizens of Okanogan County.”

Hawley said Davis and K9 Gunner have been a working team for six years

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