5 arrested in drug probe

Federal agents wrapped up an 18-month investigation into alleged drug dealing with the arrests Tuesday of five people, including the operators of the Indian Smoke Shop in Milton, Pierce County, and the Little Red Smoke Shop in Tacoma.

A complaint filed in U.S. District Court alleges Billy Miranda Flores, 40, of Puyallup, and his father, Bill Celeya Flores, 59, of Tacoma, sold hundreds of tablets of OxyContin, a narcotic painkiller, at their shops on Puyallup tribal land.

Also arrested were: Tiny Bean-Flores, 28, Tacoma; Danny Lee Sherwood, 25, Federal Way; and Shelbie Ingham, 18. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials have issued an arrest warrant for Jay Timothy Morehead, 24.

The charges allege Billy Flores was the principal supplier of the drug to others in the alleged conspiracy.

DEA agents and the FBI executed several search warrants on various sites in Pierce County, seizing guns, cash and hundreds of prescription narcotics, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.