Operation Green Reaper seized 4,578 plants in 13 King County grow raids
On 10 September 2008 the DEA and Puget Sound police executed 13 search warrants on indoor marijuana grows across King County under Operation Green Reaper, seizing 4,578 plants, three weapons, about US$50,000 cash and 20 vehicles while taking 20 people into custody.
🇺🇸 King County, Washington · Washington, United States
Federal agents and local police executed 13 search warrants on indoor marijuana grow operations
across King County early on 10 September 2008 as part of Operation Green Reaper.[1][2]The DEA
said the raids targeted command-and-control elements of Puget Sound indoor grow organisations.[1]
Plants, cash and arrests
Law enforcement seized 4,578 marijuana plants, three weapons including an assault rifle and a
shotgun, about US$50,000 in cash and 20 vehicles, and took 20 people into custody.[1][2]Kent
Police Chief Steve Strachan said the case reflected a large-scale criminal enterprise rather than
small-scale cultivation.[2]
Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Dongilli warned that growers were modifying suburban homes
with unsafe wiring, irrigation and chemicals that could contaminate sewers and leave houses
uninhabitable.[1][2]Agencies involved included the DEA, Kent, Auburn, Renton, Tukwila and Port
of Seattle police, with support from the Washington State Patrol, Seattle Police, King County
Sheriff’s Office and others.[1][2]
Photos and video
DEA photograph issued with the Operation Green Reaper news release.Photo details
Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan told the Kent Reporter that charges were still to be determined on the day of the raids; the DEA release does not list individual defendants.
The Kent Reporter and DEA both cite a US$500,000 street value for the plants; a later sentencing story in the same paper quoted US$5 million for the same plant count.
Raids hit five homes in Kent, four in unincorporated King County, two in Federal Way, one in Des Moines and one in Seattle; plant counts per address were not published.
CHP's warrant service team searched a home in the 400 block of Bear Canyon Road northwest of Garberville on 9 November 2026 as part of a multi-agency narcotics investigation involving the DEA, HSI and FBI. The CHP said it did not lead the probe and would not confirm the target, the material officers shovelled, or any arrests.
North Port police arrested Nicholas Eddy, 29, and Jessica Trach, 28, after their Special Investigations Unit searched a home on Narcissus Terrace and found marijuana packaged for sale along with cocaine, suspected LSD, steroids and pills. Both were accused of drug possession for sale, running a drug house and possessing drug paraphernalia.
Lexington town police and state and federal partners searched five vape and hemp shops on 5 November 2026 in an undercover investigation into sales of illicit narcotics and drug paraphernalia. A shop owner says officers emptied cases, seized her phone and more than $3,300 in cash, and she plans to sue; no arrests were reported.
Four agencies served simultaneous search warrants at two Quincy addresses on 5 November 2026 in a drug-trafficking investigation, and police announced probable cause to arrest two men, one of them on a cannabis sale allegation. No drug quantities were disclosed and police did not confirm either man was in custody.
