A Venezuelan man was arrested with a large load of drugs in Federal Way following a drug overdose in a motel.
Sebastian Velasquez-Perez, 22, a Venezuelan national, was arrested in Federal Way with a large amount of narcotics after he was found unresponsive in a motel room on March 8, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, Western District of Washington.
Responding Federal Way Police Department officers were called and subsequently obtained a court order to search the room, and discovered five bags containing approximately 3.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 12 bags of a powdery substance that will be tested as a possible controlled substance, five bags of fentanyl pills containing about 5,000 pills in all, and two bags of a black tar substance appearing to be heroin. Officers also located three cellphones, a digital scale with drug residue and nearly $8,000 in cash.
According to the department, when staff discovered Velasquez-Perez, they administered two doses of Narcan and performed CPR. Velasquez-Perez was then transported to St. Francis Hospital and taken into custody.
According to the department, Velasquez-Perez did not have any documents in the motel indicating that he was legally present in the U.S. He remains in federal detention pending a hearing scheduled for March 17. This case is being investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and the Valley Narcotics Enforcement Team, the department said.