MAZAMA, Washington — On June 17, 2019, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit assisted Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) with a cross border air smuggling investigation on the Okanogan National Forest near the town of Mazama.

Sergeant Gene Davis and his K9 partner Gunner assisted with a narcotics search of the area and K9 Gunner located two suitcase full of methamphetamine weighing 186 pounds. The methamphetamine was located in a heavily brushy area in the National Forest.

The street value of the seized methamphetamine is estimated to be around one million dollars.

The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office currently has two K9 teams, Sergeant Gene Davis with K9 Gunner and Sergeant Tait Everett with K9 Havoc. Both K9 Gunner and K9 Havoc were purchased with funds raised by the citizens of Okanogan County. K9 Gunner and Sergeant Gene Davis have been a working as team for six years.

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