On March 2, detectives with the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET) arrested 33-year-old Sequim resident Marie J. Haller for Delivery of a Controlled Substance and Introducing Contraband in the 2nd Degree, law enforcement officials said last week.

In November of 2021, Department of Corrections investigations officers contacted OPNET regarding contraband that was mailed into the Washington Correctional Center for Women in Gig Harbor. Mail to two separate inmates had been intercepted by DOC staff and were suspected to contain Suboxone, a Schedule III controlled substance, officials said.

Lab tests confirmed the substances from both mail pieces contained Buprenorphine, the opioid contained in Suboxone, they said.

OPNET conducted further investigation, including interviews with inmates, and found probable cause that Haller committed the crimes of Delivery of a Controlled Substance and Introducing Contraband in the 2nd Degree, both Class C felonies.

Haller was arrested without incident in Port Angeles, interviewed and booked into the Clallam County Jail, law enforcement officials said.

OPNET members said the working relationship with DOC’s Investigation and Intelligence Unit has proven valuable in this and several other cases.

Haller was previously arrested by OPNET and partner agencies during the “Operation Spring Cleaning” warrant round up in May 2019, and again in September 2019, both leading to confiscation of drugs.

OPNET is a multi-agency team enforcing narcotics laws in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Agencies on the team include the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, Sequim and Port Angeles police departments, United States Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Port Townsend Police Department.