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A video circulating online appeared to show an immigration arrest near Robinswood Park in Bellevue Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Unmarked vans blocked a car as masked, plainclothes officers in vests labeled \u201cpolice\u201d detained someone.<\/p>\n
In the video, the person can be heard shouting \u201casylum\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\n
The Bellevue Police Department (BPD) told KIRO Newsradio police were sent to the intersection of 148th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 16th Street after reports of a vehicle blocking the southbound lane.<\/p>\n
The callers stated that before calling 911, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had detained a person and left the location.<\/p>\n
Bellevue police confirm federal operation<\/b><\/h2>\n
BPD said federal authorities had left by the time officers arrived, and confirmed the operation involved DHS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bellevue Police Department also contacted the Department of Homeland Security and confirmed that a federal operation had taken place in that area,\u201d BPD stated in an email to KIRO Newsradio.<\/p>\n
Officers are now trying to contact the registered owner(s) of the vehicle to inform them that it was involved in an incident.<\/p>\n
KIRO Newsradio has reached out to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to learn more about the operation and the person detained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n