Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Seattle Stash House Case Involving 34 Kilos of Fentanyl
SEATTLE — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington announced that Sylvestre Ramos, 36, a Mexican national who tended a drug stash house and made deliveries for a large drug trafficking organization, was sentenced on November 11, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Jamal S. Whitehead imposed four years of supervised release to follow, and prosecutors said Ramos will likely be removed to Mexico after his prison term.
Ramos was arrested on October 28, 2025, at a stash house in Everett, Washington, following a year-long investigation, where officers found more than eight kilograms of fentanyl and a pellet gun. He is the first defendant sentenced in the Homeland Security Task Force investigation of the gun and drug trafficking organization.
Prosecutors said the takedown operation seized 34 kilos of fentanyl powder, more than 100,000 fentanyl pills, 3.7 kilos of methamphetamine, nearly a kilogram of heroin and 8.7 kilos of cocaine, along with more than $140,000 in cash drug proceeds. Investigators also photographed Ramos making drug deliveries, and on June 12, 2025, he delivered two pounds of methamphetamine to a person working with law enforcement.
Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd said the arrest operation took a staggering amount of deadly drugs off the street and that the prison sentence and removal were fully appropriate. Robert A. Saccone, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Seattle Field Division, said trafficking organizations depend on people who safeguard their drug supplies, and that the joint investigation is disrupting the fentanyl supply chain.
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration in partnership with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, the Seattle Police Department and regional drug task forces, under the Homeland Security Task Force initiative. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys C. Andrew Colasurdo and Joe Silvio. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：美国司法部总部大楼（四级图库联邦核心包固定图）。 / Image: U.S. Department of Justice headquarters (fixed image from the federal core asset pack).
