The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is announcing one of the largest single-day seizures of illegal drugs in Portland Police history.
On August 8, 2024, investigators from PPB’s Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit/HIDTA Interdiction Taskforce seized 90 pounds of methamphetamine, 11 pounds of fentanyl, and 3.8 pounds of heroin during a highway interdiction on Interstate 5 in the Portland area. The street value is estimated at approximately $2,000,000.
The investigation is ongoing and long-term in nature, so specifics about the case cannot be released at this time, however photos of the evidence are attached. Portland Police Drug Detection K9 Stitch is pictured.
NOC/HIDTA find that a significant amount of illegal narcotics enter Portland via vehicles on the Interstate 5 corridor, and that is a priority for ongoing enforcement and drug interdiction.
The HIDTA Interdiction Team (HIT) is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force that identifies, disrupts, and dismantles local, multi-state, and international drug trafficking organizations using intelligence-driven, multi-agency, prosecutor-supported approach. HIT is supported by Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) which is composed of members from the Portland Police Bureau, Homeland Security Investigations, Oregon State Police, Internal Revenue Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, Amtrak Police, and Oregon National Guard Counter-Drug Task Force.
The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates with and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement initiatives, including HIT.
