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Busted Ecstasy ring called 'tip of iceberg'
The Big Bust
Source: The Seattle Times
Author: Ian Ith

An undercover federal drug bust this week has reached deep into the heart of the Seattle nightclub and rave scene, including the arrests of a co-owner of a new Chinatown International District nightclub and several dance-club promoters.

In court documents and testimony yesterday, federal prosecutors outlined an extensive, two-year federal Drug Enforcement Administration investigation that relied heavily on court-authorized wiretaps to bring indictments against 30 people.

Prosecutors say the investigation is among the largest involving the club-drug MDMA, known as Ecstasy, in the nation.

Several of those charged were involved in promoting events at a number of popular nightclubs and dance venues, including the now-defunct Planet Hollywood in downtown Seattle, according to documents and interviews with club-scene insiders.

Prosecutors allege more than 50,000 tablets of the hallucinogen Ecstasy were sold. In addition, defendants allegedly sold methamphetamine, ketamine (an animal tranquilizer kno



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