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PORT ANGELES — The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Swordfish, which is based in Port Angeles, found 24 kilograms — 52 pounds — of ecstasy with an estimated street value of $1 million on a boat near the San Juan Islands, the Coast Guard said. Wen-Xian Zhang, 24, a citizen of Taiwan, was transferred to federal authorities Thursday afternoon for investigation of importation and possession with intent to distribute of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), which is popularly known as ecstasy, the Coast Guard said. A detention hearing is set Friday, said Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener, Coast Guard spokesman.
‘High potential’ The crew of the Swordfish was on patrol near President’s Channel when the 20-foot pleasure craft was spotted, Degener said. “This is an area of the waterway where there is a high potential for illegal activity,” Degener said. The crew boarded the boat sometime between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. “They could see suspicious packages” aboard the craft, Degener said. Zhang was the only person on the boat. Zhang, the drugs and the boat were taken to Station Bellingham.
Joint effort The Coast Guard, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security and Intelligence, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Bellingham Police Department worked together on the arrest. “This is a fantastic example of agencies working together,” Degener said. “We are able to successfully keep a lot of drugs off the streets of the North Olympic Peninsula.”
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Olympic National Park interpretive ranger Tracy Beals, left, discusses travel alternatives with Ganesh Veeramaneni of Redmond at the park’s visitor center in Port Angeles after officials closed the park Saturday. BELOW: East Jefferson Fire-Rescue’s Engine 11 was passing this Prius en route to a fire call when a tree fell and struck both vehicles on Marrowstone Island’s Flagler Road. The car’s lone occupant was uninjured.
ONP closed by gusts reaching hurricane force BY JIM CASEY
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PORT ANGELES — Hurricane-force winds Saturday closed Olympic National Park, closed the Hood Canal Bridge for nearly two hours, interrupted the Port Townsend ferry run, closed roads and cut power to about 14,500 electrical customers. Two deaths were reported elsewhere in the region-wide storm.
A man was killed when a tree fell on a car in Gig Harbor, The Seattle Times reported, and KIRO-TV said a 10-yearold girl was killed in Burien when she was struck by a tree branch blown off in the wind.
Fade in afternoon Winds had begun to die down on the North Olympic Peninsula by midafternoon, when about 3,000 of the estimated 12,000 customers who had lost power had the lights back on, according to Jim Parker, manager of the Jefferson County Public Utility District, which has about 18,500 electrical customers. Those in remote areas, such as in the Coyle area, may have to wait for 48 hours to regain electrical power, Parker said. TURN
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Railroad Bridge trestle work starts Monday Project expected to end in December BY CHRIS MCDANIEL PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
SEQUIM — Replacement of a damaged trestle on Railroad Bridge will begin Monday, and the bridge, a link in the Olympic Discovery Trail, is expected to be open after work is completed in December. Permits are now in place for the $1.53 million project on the 570-foot-long trestle, said Annette Nesse, chief operations officer for the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe,
which owns Railroad Bridge Park and the bridge. The tribe, working with numerous entities with a vested interest in the bridge, concluded the best option is to completely remove and replace the trestle, Nesse said. “This option addresses tribal transportation infrastructure goals and provides for river processes, meeting important salmon habitat goals as well.” The rain-swollen Dungeness
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