DRUG BUST last week near Biggs Junction yielded about 70 pounds of meth and cocaine. The estimated street value was roughly $2.3 million.
Photo by Oregon State PoliceOregon State Troopers discovered 25 pounds of cocaine and 44 pounds of methamphetamine in a traffic stop near Biggs Junction in Sherman County, OSP announced Monday.
Alberto Alejandro Martinez, 32, of Moses Lake, Wash., and Jose Joel Helguera Del Rio, 31, of Royal City, Wash., were arrested and lodged in Multnomah County Jail on multiple federal drug and firearm related charges.
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, at about 1:30 p.m., an OSP Trooper stopped a northbound 2008 Dodge Caravan bearing a Washington license plate on US 97 near milepost 16 for a traffic violation (south of Biggs Junction). Less than a minute into the traffic stop, the trooper reportedly found a handgun in the vehicle’s glovebox after a passenger opened it. The driver and passenger, neither of whom had a concealed weapons permit, were detained.
The trooper identified the driver as Martinez and the passenger as Del Rio, and the duo were arrested.
OSP teamed up with state police detectives, Portland Police Bureau, the Sherman County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Attorney’s Office. The investigation is ongoing with the assistance of the Homeland Security Investigations.
“This is one of the more significant recent seizures of illegal drugs in transport by the Oregon State Police,” OSP said in a news release.
The estimated street value of the drugs was over $2.3 million.
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