Twenty-seven people were indicted by a grand jury for drug trafficking in Washington and other states, including the alleged leader who is believed to be a member of a white supremacist prison gang. Jesse James Bailey, 39, out of Steilacoom, is alleged to have trafficked large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs in Washington, Idaho and Alaska. Bailey and other defendants had detention hearings in Tacoma on Monday. On March 22, law enforcement seized 177 firearms, more than 10 kilos of meth, more than 11 kilos of fentanyl in pill and powder form, 3 kilos of heroin and more than $330,000 in cash from 18 locations in Washington and Arizona. Before the takedown on March 22, the drug trafficking ring was under investigation for about a year. During that time, law enforcement seized additional drugs, cash and firearms. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/drug-trafficking-organization-tacoma-indictment/281-0c2c2a01-429e-46b2-9373-e75bdfbd6edc