Puyallup raid nets $200,000 in illegal cigarettes

Two Quinault tribal elders face up to ten years in jail after state officials seized $200,000 in illegal cigarettes from their store Friday morning.

[a neighbor]

He moved his kids out and turned his house into a flop den; with traffic in and out all day and all hours of the night. His dogs have been tied to a three foot (3ft) leash on the dog house since December; which in turn has caused them to bark day and night. I have personally witnessed the children being told to "go feed the dogs" and then coming out and splitting an opened bag of saltine crackers between the two dogs and giving them no water.The animal police have been called dozens of times. I hope he gets sent to the toughest prison the system has to offer and serves his ten year sentence as multiple peoples "bitch."

[Debra27]

a neighbor wrote:

He moved his kids out and turned his house into a flop den; with traffic in and out all day and all hours of the night. His dogs have been tied to a three foot (3ft) leash on the dog house since December; which in turn has caused them to bark day and night. I have personally witnessed the children being told to "go feed the dogs" and then coming out and splitting an opened bag of saltine crackers between the two dogs and giving them no water.The animal police have been called dozens of times. I hope he gets sent to the toughest prison the system has to offer and serves his ten year sentence as multiple peoples "bitch."

WTF?

I am sure the State will prosecute to the fullest extent...Washington makes TONS of money off of cigarettes, while disparaging smokers. Hypocrites.(I don't smoke) The State made a pact w/most of the tribes, promising them the extra tax money to have them jack up the prices to the same amount as cigs sold non-tribally. They didn't want people to go to reservations to buy cheaper smokes. To me, it reminded me of waving some beads in front of the tribes again, why sign this agreement? If the cost was just as high on the reservations, they obviously would not be seeing that tax revenue, who would go there to pay the same price?

Washington state loves taxes, the highest on smokes and gasoline...don't move here!!