The police grab enough fentanyl 'to kill everyone in Portland twice, “stop 46 in the repression of multi-aging traffic

Portland, Ore. (COIN)) – A series of drug trafficking missions carried out in the Portland region earlier this year and involving several law enforcement organizations caused 46 arrests and dozens of illicit drug books, said the authorities.

The missions focused on fentanyl traffic and were carried out in February. The multi-aging effort concerned entities for applying the law to local, state and federal levels.

The repression is in response to the floods of fentanyl in the Pacific northwest of the Sinaloa cartel, based to the Hondurian, according to the Portland police office.

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There were also $ 204,007 in cash, as well as 20 guns, 44 pounds of fentanyl powder and 2,507 fentanyl pills. The illicit drugs entered during the operation – which also included 22 pounds of methamphetamine, nine pounds of cocaine and two pounds of heroin – was partly located thanks to the use of a K9 police dog.

“Fentanyl has no place in our city. Our partnership with local, state and federal agencies makes our collective response stronger,” said Portland police chief Bob Day. “This operation was a success, but it is only a step in a larger effort and sustained to ensure the safety of Portland.”

David F. Reames, a special agent of the Drug Enforcement Agency Seattle Field Division, said that the quantity of fentanyl seized by his team and the other participating agencies could have given more than 1.5 million fatal doses or “enough to kill everyone in Portland twice”.

“Almost all those arrested by selling drugs were illegally present in the United States,” said Reames. “These same traffickers had exploited children by using them to sell dangerous drugs. The case today highlights our collective success to bring some responsibility to the criminals who sell poison in our streets. ”

In addition to the PPB and the DEA, other agencies involved in the recent Fentanyl traffic missions included the Federal Investigation Office, the Sheriff Office of the County of Multnomah, the County Prosecutor's Office of Multnomah and the Office of the American Prosecutor. Helped at the operation was also a special team as part of the high -intensity drug trafficking zone program, whose participating agencies include police and internal security police inquiries, among others.

The head of the PPB, Bob Day, said that collaboration is essential when the challenge of fighting the drug crisis is so great.

“It makes me proud when I can see us meet through the court, through the federal and state borders and the county, and find a way to succeed in improving the safety and safety of all portlanders,” he said. “And that's what these results demonstrate.”

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