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Chalk one up for the SPD narcotics unit and Belltown's spandex-clad bike teams this weekend, as they brought down a large and highly organized Honduran drug dealing ring that had been corralling the crack-cocaine market in the neighborhood. Known to hide the packaged drugs in their mouths--gross--the small army of Honduran drug dealers had been pushing out the Belltown "regulars," and commanding the street corners since January 2009 (apparently they began in Queen Anne, clearly not their scene). Typically, we tend to bitch about Belltown, but for good reason, the crazy bums, the lack of police presence, naaaasty garbage dumpsters and oh yes, drug trafficking. So, it's relief to see serious action being taken. Current score: 30 dealers arrested, 22 left to go.