Khampheth Keodara, Fentanyl Trafficking, Washington 2026

A 43-year-old Seattle man has been sentenced to 75 months in prison for his years-long activity dealing meth and fentanyl in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District.

Khampheth Keodara sold fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and cocaine to people residing in ‘The Jungle’, a homeless encampment under I-5 near Seattle’s International District. At today’s sentencing hearing, Judge Tana Lin said, ‘You were dealing fentanyl, meth, and cocaine – drugs that cause great harm in our community. Your actions added to all that suffering.’

According to records filed in the case, the investigation began in November 2023, with the Seattle Police, FBI, and DEA focusing on a drug trafficking organization dealing fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin in the homeless encampments of Seattle and in drug trafficking areas of the International District.

During the arrest operation in January 2025, law enforcement seized 17 firearms and various quantities of controlled substances. On January 21, 2026, Keodara pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

In asking for a 90-month sentence, assistant U.S. Attorney Casey Conzatti wrote to the court, ‘Keodara continued to commit crimes while in his 30s. He received his third DOSA (Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative) sentence in 2022 after committing numerous felony offenses, including identity theft, unlawful possession of a firearm, witness tampering, and conspiracy to commit witness tampering.’

Keodara is the second defendant to be sentenced in the case. Theodore Nation, 36, of Seattle was sentenced in February 2026 to 30 months in prison. Tommy Pham, 38, of Newcastle, Donfeuy Saephan, 55, of Seattle, and Sang Tran, 55, of Kent, Washington, have each pleaded guilty and are scheduled for sentencing in July.

The investigation was led by the FBI, Seattle Police Department, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with significant assistance from the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Investigators also worked with the King County Sheriff’s Office and the Tukwila Police Department.

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