Man arrested, drugs and guns seized during Whatcom County sting

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — A Ferndale man was arrested, and drugs and guns were seized after a months-long investigation by the Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force.

The WGDTF had been investigating a suspected drug house in the 3400 block of Slater Road in Bellingham. Detectives reported that 57-year-old Douglas Sandstrom, a felon, had sold heroin and suspected fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to an agent of the task force at least four times.

Sandstrom was arrested at this home Thursday, where a search warrant was served. Police said they found cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, hundreds of suspected fentanyl-laced pills, and drug paraphernalia, including scales and packaging materials.

Six guns were also found, including two that were stolen and one that had an illegal sawed-off short barrel.

Sandstrom was booked into the Whatcom County Jail for suspicion of four counts of delivery of a controlled substance, maintaining a drug house, six counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of an unlawful firearm.

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