Two men who were significantly involved in a violent drug trafficking organization distributing meth, heroin and cocaine in the Seattle area – including Kent – were sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Son T. Nguyen, aka “Nine Fingers” aka “Kim,” 43, of Seattle, received a 10-year prison sentence and Long V. Trong, aka “Black Long,” 43, of Seattle, was sentenced to six years, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office media release. The two men were both mid-level members of the drug ring, distributing drugs and using firearms to enforce rules and protect their drug territory. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour imposed the sentence.
The two-year investigation lead by the FBI’s Seattle Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) and Bellevue Police Department’s Eastside Narcotics Task Force (ENTF) revealed that each month the organization distributed 15-20 kilos of cocaine, 10-15 kilos of heroin and five kilos of methamphetamine across a wide swath of the greater Seattle metro area.
The two leaders of the drug ring were convicted at trial in April, and face up to life in prison when sentenced next month.
Drug activity associated with the organization occurred over a wide geographic area with many drug sales occurring in the “Jungle” homeless encampment, as well as at homes and near businesses in Seattle, Renton, Shoreline and Kent.
Trong controlled the drug sales in an area of the ‘Jungle’ and had other people working for him as drug sellers in the area. Evidence obtained during a court authorized wiretap of phones associated with the criminal group revealed Trong and others discussed assaults and a homicide in the Jungle tied to the drug trafficking activity.
On multiple occasions members of the drug trafficking organization were arrested with firearms. Nguyen delivered a firearm to one of the co-conspirators intending that it be used in a violent crime. When he was arrested, Nguyen also possessed numerous firearms despite a lengthy criminal history which barred him from possessing guns.
Defendants in the drug ring who have already pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison:
Phuong A. Nguyen, aka “P,” 42, of Kent, 12 years
Brieanna K. Carlson, 27, of Seattle, three years
Kimberle S. Alojasin, aka “Nguyen,” 56, of South King County, four years
Kenneth W. Thomas, 55, of SeaTac, four years
Yen T. Vu, 55, of Seattle, three years
Tony V. Nguyen, 23, of Seattle, two years
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