Dozen-Plus Arrested in Spokane Crime Ring Bust

By Danny Fenster
ticklethewire.com

There were some big happenings in snowy Spokane, Wash., on Thursday, where FBI agents executed multiple searches and made more than a dozen arrests in the culmination of the year-long investigation called Operation “Old School,” reports KXLY.

Multi-agency SWAT teams made raids that stretched across Northern Oregon, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and Spokane Thursday morning, Frank Harrill of the FBI told KXLY.

The raids targeted a ring of drug and gun running headquartered in Spokane. “The recovery of scores of illegal weapons, pounds of methamphetamine, a live hand grenade you see the level of sophistication, the potential for violence and the harm to our community that these groups pose on a daily basis,” Agent Harrill said.

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