WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Another person has been arrested in connection to a drug trafficking operation based in Whatcom County.

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deb Slater says that the Whatcom County Gang and Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a home in Edmonds on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Miguel Lopez Ortiz, refused to leave the building for over an hour. Investigators were eventually able to take him into custody.

Drug packaging items and a bag of white powder that tested positive for fentanyl were located inside the home.

His arrest is connected to four others made last week in Bellingham, Ferndale and Oak Harbor.