Spokane man gets 20 years in prison for 2 million fentanyl-laced pill press operation

SPOKANE — A federal judge sentenced a 37-year-old Spokane man to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for operating a commercial pill press that produced fentanyl-laced drugs from his home basement. U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice imposed the sentence on Nicholas Adams on Friday for his role in the […]
DEA operation results in largest drug seizure in Eastern Washington history

SPOKANE — The Drug Enforcement Administration on March 3 executed federal search warrants at multiple locations in the Tri-Cities, Washington area that resulted in the largest seizure of controlled substances in Eastern Washington history. The federal search warrants were based on an ongoing drug trafficking investigation into Amador Sanchez and several co-conspirators. The investigation revealed Sanchez […]