Task Force makes drug bust in school zone

On Dec. 17, NCWNTF agents, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office, Omak Police Department, Colville Tribal Police Department and US Border Patrol executed a narcotics search warrant at a residence on Queen Street in Okanogan. The action followed a four-month long investigation on the illegal sale of narcotics from a residence near the Okanogan Middle School. During this investigation, detectives made multiple controlled buys from a window of the residence.

“During the course of the search, law enforcement members located narcotics paraphernalia and several items believed to have been stolen,” wrote NCWNTF Supervisor Josh Petker in his report. “Care was taken during the execution of the search warrant to not impede with the operations of the Okanogan School District.”

Petker said detectives are continuing to investigate several local burglaries that may be linked to the items located inside the residence.

Cheyenne Lezard, 25, of Okanogan was booked into Okanogan County Jail for two counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) within a School Zone.