Former Seattle SuperSonics center Robert Swift has found himself mixed up with the wrong crowd since his professional basketball career ended. Last year, Swift was forced to vacate his foreclosed property and left behind a disgusting mess. Earlier this month, the 28-year-old was found hanging out in a house that was filled with all kinds of illegal stuff.
According to the Kirkland Reporter, Swift was at the home of 54-year-old Trygve Lief Bjorkstam when it was raided by police on Oct. 4. The house had been monitored for over a month after police were told that drugs and stolen property were being sold there. They discovered a lot more than that when they invaded the place.
During the Oct. 4 raid, police found drug paraphernalia strewn inside of the house, as well as 26 firearms that included AK-47s, pistols and a sawed-off shotgun, according to police records.
They also discovered an entrance to a bunker located underneath his house inside his bedroom. Initially designed to be a marijuana grow operation, Bjorkstam admitted he has used it as a shooting range, the records continue. Upon further inspection, police determined that the guns had been fired while aimed at a neighbor’s house across the street.
Police reports also stated that “Johns” were seen crawling through the windows of the home to solicit prostitutes. Swift was detained during the raid but was not arrested or charged with a crime. The operation was taking place just 300 feet from an elementary school.
While Swift wasn’t charged with anything, it’s obvious he has taken some bad turns in life since retiring from basketball. I doubt he envisioned things going this badly when he was taken with the 12th overall pick in the draft.
H/T Deadspin
