Editor's note: The above video is about the opioid crisis in the Spokane area.
SPOKANE, Wash --Spokane police arrested a 64-year-old woman who is a long-suspected drug dealer, the department said.
On Sept. 27, the Spokane Police Department's Patrol Anti-Crime Team helped serve a search warrant related to drugs and firearms at a home in the 1500 block of East Decatur Avenue, according to Spokane police spokesman Terry Preuninger.
The warrant was regarding Michelle Wilkinson, 64, was has long been a suspect in narcotics dealings, Preuninger said. In 2017, police served a search warrant at the same location and recovered drugs, guns and cash.
Multiple people were detained while they served the warrant in September, including Wilkinson.
The search of the home found a small amount of meth, OxyContin pills, and a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun, police said.
Wilkinson was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of an illegal firearm and possession of a controlled substance.