Teen arrested for possession of a pound of meth

An 18-year-old was arrested in connection with a pound of methamphetamine found in his apartment in north Spokane Thursday.

The Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team served a search warrant on the apartment in the 8700 block of North Colton Street Thursday. They seized over a pound of methamphetamine, $2,000 in cash and other items “consistent with drug trafficking,” according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.

Deputies arrested Palemon Fragoza-Camargo, who is now facing charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and delivery of a controlled substance.