La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A drug raid late Wednesday night on a La Pine-area home turned up an illegal marijuana operation, and a resident was cited on three felony charges.
Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, detectives with the Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement team, assisted by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, executed a search warrant in the 17000 block of Kasserman Drive, sheriff’s Lt. Mike Landolt said in a news release Friday, which continues below:
This search warrant was the result of a short-term drug investigation involving the illegal manufacture, possession, and distribution of marijuana.
Deschutes County deputies contacted a 37-year-old man outside his residence and advised him of the search warrant.
A search of the property revealed over 50 pounds of processed marijuana at the location, over 400 grams of marijuana concentrates and approximately 50 growing marijuana plants, along with evidence of distribution, including packaging, scales, and mailing boxes. Drug agents also recovered evidence that drugs were being distributed through the mail.
The resident was issued a criminal citation to appear in Circuit Court, and he will be facing the following charges:
ORS 475C349 (3)(b)(A) Unlawful Manufacture of marijuana >12 plants(C Felony)
ORS 475C.341(3)(b) Unlawful possession of marijuana >8lbs (C Felony)
ORS 475C345(3)(b)(A)(ii) Attempted Distribution of marijuana (C Felony).
KTVZ News policy is not to name arrested individuals until and unless formal charges are filed.
Deputy District Attorney Andrew Doyle told KTVZ News the man was cited on the charges and not taken to jail due to his limited criminal history and his cooperation with authorities conducting the raid.
Doyle said that’s a standard procedure for marijuana cases that don’t involve guns, an existing warrant or other, more serious allegations.
CODE Detectives and the DCIMME team were assisted by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration during this investigation.
The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force supported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program and the following Central Oregon law enforcement agencies: Bend Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Redmond Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Madras Police Department, Oregon State Police, Sunriver Police Department, Black Butte Police Department, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Warm Springs Tribal Police Department, Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson County District Attorney’s, and the Oregon National Guard.
The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement task forces to disrupt or dismantle local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations.
La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A drug raid late Wednesday night on a La Pine-area home turned up an illegal marijuana operation, and a resident was cited on three felony charges. Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, detectives with the Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement team, assisted by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, executed Read More
