Police arrested suspected drug dealer in Ballard

Police say they have arrested a suspected drug dealer Thursday in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.

According to investigators, officers met the 45-year-old man after setting up a deal to buy drugs from him.

The man was arrested and officers recovered 176 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin, five grams of mushrooms, and 66 doses of Suboxone, a prescription drug used in opioid addiction treatment, sometimes sold by street dealers in place of heroin.

Police said the man was also in possession of $1,300 cash and several debit cards in another person’s name.

The man was booked into the King County Jail on suspicion for narcotics possession with intent to distribute.

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