Cops say the bust started with a flyer they found in Seattle.
"CALL IF YOU NEED METH!" It also listed a phone number and the alleged dealer's name.
So the cops called.
They had tracked the phone number and learned it belonged to a 20-year-old man who they say has a history of drug and fraud offenses. He also had two warrants – one for domestic violence, another for DUI.
On July 17, an undercover officer called saying he was looking for some shards – a common street name for methamphetamine – and that he had $60 to spend. The suspected dealer said to text him, and about 11 p.m. that night investigators say he texted back.
"It would be a little under a gram but it's the best stuff around right now," he allegedly wrote.
The suspect and officer texted back and forth about meeting at the Westwood Village Chase Bank and just before midnight investigators say the suspect approached in a 1997 Chevy Cavalier.
The man had what appeared to be a gun on his lap. The officer said he later realized it was a glass pipe, and the officer thought he used it to smoke meth during their conversation.
The suspect had a dog in his backseat and the undercover detective gave a ruse that he was bitten as a kid so he wouldn't have to get in. Cops say the suspect wanted the detective to ride with him, but the officer made a story that his girlfriend was telling him to hurry.
The suspect allegedly tried to coax the officer to ride with him.
"Because (the suspect) and I had over 30 minutes of conversation via text message, photo calls, and in person conversation, I made the determination that (he) was going to sell me illegal narcotics and watched as he smoked illegal narcotics," the detective wrote in a case document.
"I gave the pre-arranged good buy signal and drove the opposite way of (the suspect). I watched in my rear view mirror as the Arrest Team moved in and took (him) into custody without incident."
Police received a search warrant for his Cavalier and seized suspected marijuana, a pill bottle with one pill, the glass pipe shaped like a gun and the suspect's cell phone.
He has not been charged for the suspected drugs, which is why he isn't being named by seattlepi.com. However, he remains at King County Jail for the domestic violence and DUI warrants.
