Two from Burbank indicted in prison gang drug ring
By Terry Murry on Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
TACOMA – A total of 27 people have been indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking, and many of those in the indictment are tied to the Aryan Family, a white-supremacist prison gang, U.S. Attorney Nick Brown announced Monday. Over a five-day period, 24 of the defendants were arrested in Washington and Arizona, including two in Walla Walla County.
Dana Hanson, 57, and Justin Hanson, 48, both of Burbank, are among the defendants who have been indicted by the grand jury. They are in federal custody.
Also in federal custody is the alleged leader of the drug trafficking organization, Jesse James Bailey. He is an influential member of the Aryan Family prison gang. Bailey is alleged to have trafficked huge amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs in Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. Bailey and many other defendants had scheduled detention hearings in Tacoma Monday.
Last Wednesday, March 22, the coordinated law enforcement action involving 10 SWAT teams and more than 350 law enforcement officers resulted in the seizure of an additional 177 firearms, more than 10 kilos of methamphetamine, 11 kilos of fentanyl pills, more than a kilo of fentanyl powder, three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from 18 locations in Washington and Arizona.
Before last week’s action, during the year that the ring was under investigation, law enforcement seized 830,000 fentanyl pills, 5.5 pounds of fentanyl powder, 223 pounds of methamphetamine, 3.5 pounds of heroin, 5 pounds of cocaine, $388,000 in cash, and 48 firearms.
