Seattle man Simon Offord, 48, is facing federal charges for allegedly running a large-scale fentanyl trafficking operation in downtown Seattle, Aurora, ID, and homeless encampments.
According to the indictment, Offord was arraigned on July 8, 2024, and detained on July 11, 2024, on two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Police reports and other records filed in the case reveal that Offord was first brought to the attention of Seattle Police patrol officers in December 2023 when he drove the wrong way down a street in Seattle. Before police could contact him, he abandoned the car he was driving in a parking lot. Inside the car officers saw what appeared to be drugs.
After getting a warrant to search the vehicle, officers found drugs packaged for delivery, scales, and other indications of drug dealing, as well as a ‘ghost gun’ made without a serial number.
Over a number of months, Seattle Police looked for Offord and ultimately tracked him to a Shoreline hotel, just off of Aurora Avenue. On May 30, 2024, Offord was arrested at one of his dealing locations along Aurora in North Seattle.
A search of his hotel room and vehicle yielded nine pounds of fentanyl powder, approximately 2900 fentanyl pills, and more than a pound of methamphetamine, crack cocaine, heroin, and other drugs. Police also seized another firearm.
Offord was booked into the King County Jail but later was released on bail. The charges against him are punishable by a mandatory minimum ten years in prison and up to life in prison. Possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime adds an additional five years in prison to run consecutive to any other sentence imposed.
Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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