$7 million in meth and cocaine found on Port Angeles beach, police say
Passers-by found methamphetamine and cocaine in bags on the beach near Port Angeles on two different days, the Clallam County Sheriff s Office said. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 11:22 PM PDT April 14, 2021
PORT ANGELES, Wash. Nearly $7 million worth of methamphetamine and cocaine found on the beaches near Port Angeles on two different days in the past week, according to the Clallam County Sheriffs Office.
The first was found on April 7, when a Clallam County resident told deputies that he found a large duffel bag on the beach west of Port Angeles. The resident looked inside the bag and found white crystal substances and the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team confirmed that the substance was probably methamphetamine.
By Kathi O Shea March 5, 2021 7:31 am
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PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) A Port Angeles man died in a diving accident while he was harvesting geoducks.
The Peninsula Daily News reports the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said 35-year-old Anthony Gockerell was pronounced dead Wednesday at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles.
Sgt. John Keegan says a 911 call about a commercial diver in distress came in at about 8:30 a.m.
Crew members said Gockerell’s air cord was entangled in debris.
He was brought onboard after a struggle and CPR was ultimately unsuccessful.
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Crew members said Gockerell signaled to his crew that his surface-supplied air umbilical cord was “unable to clear.” The crew interpreted that as his cord was entangled in debris, Keegan said.
Gockerell’s crewmates and officers with the state Department of Natural Resources, who were supervising the geoduck harvesting, pulled Gockerell free after a struggle and brought him aboard the commercial fishing boat, Keegan said.
CPR was performed as the boat took Gockerell from the Dungeness West geoduck tract, which is about 6.5 miles (10 kilometers) east of the Coast Guard Station on Ediz Hook, to the Port Angeles Marina. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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