By Clarence Williams
Christopher Washington found some good customers inside that Northeast D.C. rowhouse, making deals for revolvers, shotguns, ammunition, crack cocaine and heroin. He kept going back, authorities say, pulling in thousands of dollars.
Then, in June, he offered up hand grenades and a rocket launcher. His customers were eager to buy.
What Washington didn’t know at the time: The house, dressed up as a recording studio, was wired by the FBI, and his clients were undercover D.C. police. When an officer listening in on a telephone conversation overheard plans to rob them instead, Washington was soon arrested.
Those encounters, described in court papers, were among the many that occurred during a yearlong sting operation that was revealed Monday. Authorities say officers posing as gangsters, crooked businessmen and bodyguards helped snag $7.2 million in cocaine, methamphetamines and other drugs, buy and capture 161 weapons, and make 70 arrests.
“This was a significant result for the District,” D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said at a Monday afternoon press conference. “Had those drugs and guns made it to our streets, the consequences would be devastating.”
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