6 Indicted on Drugs and Gun Charges in Eastern WA, Grant County

The US Attorney's Office announced Thursday, April 24th, six people are being charged with a variety of illegal weapons charges and more.

The six were arraigned in Yakima

Agents from the ATF, DEA, Moses Lake Police, and FBI staged a series of raids in Eastern WA as part of what's called Operation Take Back America, an effort to target illegal drugs, firearms, and other criminal activity.

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The raids were part of sweep against a drug ring in the region. The US Attorney's Office says the six people who were arrested on a variety of drug, trafficking and weapons charges include: Jose Luis Martinez-Parra, Alexander Martinez-Mendoza, 18, Luis Martin Navarro-Ceballos, 29, Maria Zamora-Cuevas, 33, Rosa Zamora, 41, and Triston David Duplichan, 29.

Additional assistance came from the Yakima Police Department and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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The US Attorney's Office says more names will be released as documents are unsealed following arrests.

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