Full details have been released about yesterday’s SWAT operation in Longview’s Highlands neighborhood.

Chief Criminal Deputy Troy Brightbill says the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Crime Reduction Team served a search warrant at a home in the 600 block of 32nd Avenue, with help from Lower Columbia SWAT and Longview Police. The warrant stemmed from a delivery of controlled substances investigation. Detectives say they found illegal drugs, evidence of drug sales, cash, and a stolen firearm.

Several arrests were made. 

30-year-old Caleb Polzel of Longview was booked on 3 counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance (fentanyl) within 1,000 feet of a school zone and Unlawful Use of a Building for Drug Purposes. 43-year-old Jermaine Brown of Longview was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.

38-year-old Jerome Garner of Kelso was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance by a Prisoner and on warrants for 2nd- and 3rd-Degree Theft. 25-year-old Shasta Shaw of Kelso was booked on 3 misdemeanor controlled substance warrants, and 21-year-old Faith Cadle of Toledo was arrested on a Department of Corrections warrant.