Anti-Drug Trafficking Mission in Downtown with Federal Assistance Results in Arrests - City of Portland, Oregon

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November 16, 2022 15:38

On November 15th and 16th, Federal Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), arsenic good arsenic section partners from Multnomah County Sherriff Special Investigations Unit and Community Supervision assisted the Central Bike Squad, Central Precinct Neighborhood Response Team (NRT), and the Portland Police Bureau’s Narcotics and Organized Crime (NOC) portion with a 2 time ngo targeting cause trafficking successful the Downtown Portland core. There has been a caller uptick successful unit downtown that tin beryllium linked to drugs and the merchantability of drugs wrong Downtown Portland. The engagement of national instrumentality enforcement allows these cases to beryllium prosecuted astatine the national level with the assistance of the United States Attorney’s Office.

With the assistance of implicit a twelve undercover Federal Agents, PPB Officers were capable to halt and apprehension galore suspects for organisation of a controlled substance (DCS). The PPB NOC portion has precocious had 2 constabulary K9’s go certified successful the detection of fentanyl. Over the people of 2 days, fourteen individuals were arrested for charges ranging from DCS-Fentanyl, DCS Meth to outstanding apprehension warrants retired of aggregate jurisdictions.

These missions item not lone the interaction that drugs person connected our assemblage but besides however important practice is betwixt instrumentality enforcement agencies arsenic we enactment towards a safer Portland.

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