On Saturday, May 14th, 2022 at approximately 3:00AM, detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team concluded a long-term investigation with the arrest of a 42-year-old Prineville woman.
Drug agents identified her as a fentanyl and methamphetamine importer and distributor within Crook County from the Portland metropolitan area.
Early Saturday morning, after a multi-day surveillance operation throughout the metropolitan Portland area, CODE Detectives, with the assistance of Oregon State Police Troopers and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies, stopped and detained the suspect at a Madras truck stop.
A subsequent search of her Hyundai SUV located a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and counterfeit prescription pills made of fentanyl. In addition to the drugs, drug agents seized additional evidence supporting the investigation and have identified several associates, and more arrests are expected as the investigation continues.
The suspect was jailed in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Jail with the following criminal charges:
Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, and Attempted Distribution of methamphetamine
Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, and Attempted Distribution of a Schedule II Controlled Substance.
