MARYSVILLE — A recent police raid on a warehouse near downtown Marysville was the culmination of a yearlong investigation into marijuana trafficking and money laundering.
The warehouse along 47th Avenue NE, just south of First Street, was being used to grow large amounts of marijuana, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The people running the warehouse did not have a state license to grow or sell pot.
Police on Nov. 3 also raided eight homes in King and Snohomish counties as part of the same investigation. Locations included Arlington, Edmonds, south Everett, Lake Stevens and Lynnwood. Edmonds and Marysville officers assisted with the investigation.
A Kenmore woman, 35, is accused of running the operation with her boyfriend, 45. Evidence of money laundering allegedly was found at their home. Deputies also arrested an Arlington man, a man and a woman from Edmonds, and a man from Lake Stevens. They all are accused of working for the Kenmore woman.
She and her boyfriend have been released from the King County Jail pending additional court hearings. Their home overlooking the Inglewood Golf Club is worth $1.1 million, according to property records.
Within the house, investigators reportedly found several pounds of processed marijuana and more than $300,000 in cash. Another half-million dollars was seized from a security deposit box that had been registered under a fake name, police say.
The raid also allegedly turned up mortgage documents and power bills for the growing locations and time sheets for employees, none of whom have jobs on record with the state. Altogether, more than 2,000 marijuana pots were seized.
The couple had purchased five homes and 10 cars with “illegal drug proceeds,” King County sheriff’s Sgt. Cindi West said.
The results of the raids were announced last week. Officials on Thursday said the case remains under investigation and has not been forwarded to prosecutors for charges.
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @rikkiking.
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