A month and a half of detective work by Sammamish Police paid off dramatically on Monday morning when a raid involving Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams and two separate locations netted about $25,000 in stolen goods, plus drug manufacturing equipment and a stolen shotgun.

The bust began at 5:30 a.m., when 14 SWAT officers, assisted by Sammamish Police, served a search warrant on a Renton house, known to be the abode of two convicted felons.

“We had prior information to expect that the subjects could be armed,” said Sammamish Police Detective Steve Perry on Monday afternoon. “As a result of serving that search warrant, we now have one suspect in custody.”

That suspect is a 23-year-old Renton man.

The other person the police expected to find at the address, a 25-year-old Renton man, was not at home, and police are continuing their investigation of him.

As well as thousands of dollars worth of suspected stolen goods including musical equipment, flat-screen televisions, and computers, police also uncovered a small commercial marijuana growing operation, supported by timers, lamps, watering systems, air ducts and heat vents, and a book on how to grow marijuana.

“We also found scales and Ziploc bags – this was certainly growing for the purpose of selling,” Perry said.

A shotgun, believed to be stolen, was also found on the property, in violation of laws prohibiting convicted felons from possessing firearms.

Following the raid on the Renton home, the officers then served a search warrant at a Newcastle home.

A 35-year-old Newcastle man was brought into custody with probable cause for suspicion of stolen property.

A Newcastle woman in her 30s was charged with violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act – allegedly she had some methamphetamine on her person.

“There were also some items which we believe were being used to pack and distribute meth,” Perry said.

The three suspects are now being held in the King Country Jail in Seattle.

Police believe many of the items were stolen from homes in Sammamish.

“The next step now is to identify the property, and trace it back to the owners,” Perry said. “Some we have already identified.”

Perry said that although Monday’s raids were a success, the team’s work was not done.

“There is always someone else to go after – someone fencing the stolen goods, someone funneling the drugs, someone storing stolen firearms,” he said.