Everett drug trafficker sentenced after delivering meth to law enforcement officer

A 36-year-old Mexican national was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday after he was found tending to a drug stash house in Everett and making drug deliveries for a large-scale drug trafficking organization.

Sylvestre Ramos was arrested on Oct. 28, 2025, at an Everett stash house after a year-long investigation. Ramos was found with more than eight kilograms of fentanyl and a pellet gun, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.

U.S. District Judge Jamal S. Whitehead imposed four years of supervised release to follow his prison term, and Ramos will likely be removed to Mexico after his release, according to the DOJ.

“The arrest operation in this case took more than 100,000 fentanyl pills and 34 kilos of fentanyl powder off the street,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd. “This defendant was illegally in the U.S., guarding and distributing a staggering amount of deadly drugs. This prison sentence and removal from the U.S. are fully appropriate sanctions.”

Ramos was also photographed making drug deliveries, including a specific deal in which he delivered two pounds of methamphetamine to a law enforcement officer on June 12, 2025.

A side-by-side photo of Sylvestre Ramos during a 2025 drug deal. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice)

Along with the 34 kilograms of fentanyl that were seized on the day of Ramos’ arrest, law enforcement also seized 3.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, about a kilogram of heroin, and 8.7 kilograms of cocaine. More than $140,000 in cash from drug proceeds was seized at the time of Ramos’ takedown.

Several agencies assisted in the arrest effort, including the Seattle Police Department, North Sound Metro, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, Centralia Police Department, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, King County Sheriff’s Office, and Valley SWAT, comprised of officers from the Renton, Federal Way, Kent, Auburn, Tukwila, Des Moines, and Port of Seattle police departments.

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