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OREGON HIDTA

2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The Oregon HIDTA Program strengthens America’s drug control efforts by encouraging 

partnerships among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in order to facilitate 

information and intelligence sharing, cooperative investigations, and joint operations related to 

reducing drug trafficking. This overall goal of the Oregon HIDTA Program is - “Effective 

Collaboration and Enforcement.”

 The Oregon HIDTA Executive Board is composed of eight (8) state or local law 

enforcement chief executives and eight (8) federal law enforcement chief executives as well as 

two (2) ex-officio members from the drug treatment and prevention disciplines. The Executive 

Board and participating agencies in the HIDTA Program are pleased to present this Annual 

Report documenting the activities of the Oregon HIDTA Program during the 2005 calendar year. 

The Oregon HIDTA Program provides federal funding to encourage effective, full-time, 

collaboration and joint drug enforcement efforts between the following agencies: 

Federal agencies:

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 

United States Attorney’s Office (USA) 

United States Marshals Service (USMS) 

State agencies:

Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) 

Oregon National Guard (ONG) 

Oregon State Police (OSP) 

Local agencies:

Ashland Police Department (APD) 

Beaverton Police Department (BPD) 

Bend Police Department (BPD) 

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) 

Crook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) 

Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office (DCDA) 

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) 

Douglas County District Attorney’s Office (DCDA) 

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) 

Eagle Point Police Department (EPPD) 

Gresham Police Department (GPD) 

Hillsboro Police Department (HPD) 

Jackson County District Attorney’s Office (DCDA) 

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) 

Lake Oswego Police Department (LOPD) 

Marion County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) 

Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) 
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Medford Police Department (MPD) 

Milton-Freewater Police Department (MFPD) 

Morrow County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) 

Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) 

Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) 

Pendleton Police Department (PPD) 

Portland Police Bureau (PPB) 

Prineville Police Department (PPD) 

Redmond Police Department (RPD) 

Roseburg Police Department (RPD) 

Salem Police Department (SPD) 

Sherwood Police Department (SPD) 

Tigard Police Department (TPD) 

Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO) 

Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) 

It is doubtful that these federal, state, and local agencies would come together on a 

full-time basis to conduct effective collaborative counter-drug investigations without 

federal funding assistance such as the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) 

HIDTA Grant Program. 

As each participating agency brings its special expertise to the partnerships, new ideas 

and innovative approaches create opportunities for new inroads in counter-drug activities. Such 

inroads may be operational in nature, or they may be systemic, such as electronic access to 

computerized databases. 

The HIDTA Program functions as a coordination umbrella for law enforcement agencies 

in designated areas to combine resources, ideas and efforts in order to reduce drug trafficking 

and its consequences. HIDTA initiatives share information and resources with one another, and 

with all domestic law enforcement agencies, regardless of their affiliation. 

With a balanced partnership approach under the control and direction of an Executive 

Board, participating federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies work together to assess 

regional drug threats, design strategies to combat the threats, and develop initiatives to 

implement the strategies. 

The Oregon HIDTA Program is a collaborative network of counter-drug task forces. 

This same collaborative approach also applies to homeland security or any other national level 

organized crime problem. An effective counter-drug organized crime strategy, or homeland 

security strategy, will not work if the federal, state, and local agencies go to their separate 

corners (jurisdictions) and don’t leverage effort and share information even when their missions 

differ. 

HIDTA initiatives attempt to: 

• coordinate and enhance federal, state, and local drug law enforcement efforts 

• foster a strategy-driven, systems approach to integrate and synchronize efforts 

• foster intelligence-driven investigations 

• focus on the outcomes of their efforts 
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During calendar year 2005, the Office of National Drug Control (ONDCP) funded Oregon 

law enforcement initiatives which disrupted the market for illegal drugs.

The ONDCP funding greatly assists federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to 

implement the Oregon HIDTA Counter-Drug Strategy and provide effective, efficient law 

enforcement collaboration, information sharing, and aggressive drug enforcement and 

prosecution. 

For every enforcement dollar ($1.00) authorized by Congress for the Oregon 

HIDTA in 2005 (total $2,825,085), law enforcement has removed seventeen dollars ($17.00) 

worth of illegal drugs and drug proceeds (total $48,023,934) from the drug organizations 

and the consumers in our communities and neighborhoods. (Refer to Table 8, pg. 31). This 

represents a significant return on investment and demonstrates an effective use of taxpayer 

dollars. 

HIDTAs exist to disrupt and dismantle Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs). 

During 2005, the Oregon HIDTA initiatives identified 102 DTOs and targeted 92 of those 

identified. Thirty (30) were international in scope, thirty-six (36) were at least multi-state in 

scope, and thirty-six (36) were at least local in scope. By the end of the year, thirty eight 

(38), or (41%) of these targeted DTOs were disrupted. In addition, seventeen (17), or (18%) 

of these DTOs were totally dismantled. (Refer to tables 1 and 2, pg. 27) 

The Oregon HIDTA strives to investigate larger, more complex DTOs where the greatest 

positive impact can be achieved. Disrupting or dismantling a large complex DTO takes much 

longer than stopping a street level operation, but doing so can substantially reduce the supply of 

illicit drugs and disrupt the marketplace by making both users and distributors more cautious. As 

illustrated by the statistical measures contained throughout this annual report, during CY 2005, 

the Oregon HIDTA initiatives targeted more complex cases involving larger DTOs. 

During 2005 there were eight (8) OCDETF cases approved in Oregon that were directly 

linked to, initiated by, or coordinated by Oregon HIDTA Program agencies. Three (3) of the 

cases are cocaine focused, five (5) are marijuana focused, two (2) are methamphetamine and 

cocaine focused, one (1) is marijuana and methamphetamine focused. Since 1999 when the 

HIDTA Program began in Oregon, there have been thirty (30) OCDETF cases directly linked to, 

initiated by, or coordinated by Oregon HIDTA Program agencies. 

During 2005, the Office of National Drug Control Policy through the National Marijuana 

Initiative provided funds to the Oregon HIDTA to launch a concerted effort to reduce the supply 

of marijuana being produced in Oregon on private and public forestlands. Investigations are 

continuing but initial efforts have resulted in the seizure of over 18,000 plants and the 

identification of numerous suspects. 

To maximize results, HIDTA funding facilitates information exchange, cooperation, and 

joint efforts between many different federal, state, and local law enforcement organizations. In 

2005 were over eight (8) federal, three (3) state, and thirty-two (32) local law enforcement 

agencies participating in the Oregon HIDTA Program. 

 
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Regional law enforcement HIDTA initiatives include eleven (11) task forces, an 

Intelligence Support Center (ISC), an administrative support initiative and 145 full-time 

personnel. With support from the Oregon HIDTA ISC and the Oregon State Intelligence 

Network (OSIN), HIDTA initiatives continue to make significant progress in identifying, 

investigating and dismantling or disrupting the area’s most dangerous and prolific DTOs, drug 

dealers, money launderers, weapons traffickers, and violent criminals. 

The Oregon HIDTA Intelligence and Investigative Support Center (ISC) provides both 

tactical and strategic investigative support to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors as well 

as hosts a state-wide electronic information sharing, case and tactical event deconfliction system. 

This electronic system, the Oregon State Intelligence Network (OSIN), is interfaced with WSIN 

and connected to the national RISS projects and other databases nationwide. In brief, during 

2005 the analysts at the ISC supported 289 cases, produced 334 charts or graphs, processed 

123,880 phone tolls, produced 208 document analysis products, 61 link analysis products, 

supported 46 pen registers, provided 31,980 photographs, published four (4) Oregon HIDTA 

Newsletters, conducted 26 OSIN training sessions to 245 investigators, and provided agencies 

with 1,990 intelligence profiles. Many other services were also provided to include Watch Center 

research, additional training, and specialized equipment support. The ISC provided case 

assistance on eight (8) OCDETF investigations.

In June of 2005, DEA and state and local agencies investigated a drug trafficking 

organization that led them to one of the largest super-methamphetamine labs discovered in 

Oregon. Search warrants were served on the suspect’s house in Brownsville, Oregon where the 

lab was located. Agents eventually arrested 15 people in connection with this case. This lab was 

capable of producing ninety (90) pounds of pure methamphetamine (400,000 doses) in less than 

three (3) days. During the search, three (3) pounds of finished methamphetamine were found, 

$195,000 in cash, one hundred and fifty (150) pounds of iodine and twenty (20) plus pounds of 

red phosphorus. 

 

In 2005, the Regional Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force (ROCN) identified an 

international DTO transporting and distributing BC Bud Marijuana to the Portland area and from 

Portland to the East Coast and Midwest including Kentucky, and to the West Coast to California. 

After the marijuana was sold, the money was sent to Los Angeles, California with a transport 

person, and this courier picked up multiple kilos of cocaine to be transported back to Canada. A 

truck that was equipped with a hidden compartment to hide the cocaine was seized. The subject 

had $85,000 in cash hidden in this compartment and it was also seized. A total of 39 kilos of 

cocaine was seized, along with 5 pounds of marijuana, over $230,000 in cash, and five vehicles. 

Five subjects have been arrested to date. 

During 2005, ICE and other federal, state, and local agencies investigated an OCDETF 

case that is also a HIDTA funded CPOT case. To date, there has been 3.63 kilograms of 

methamphetamine, 6 kilograms of cocaine, and 408 kilograms of marijuana seized as well as 

$19,392 in cash, a 2002 Escalade vehicle valued at $31,000 with a hidden compartment, a 2003 

Escalade valued at $35,250. There have been five (5) indictments with eighteen (18) additional 

indictments anticipated. Information provided to DEA/ICE in Minneapolis has resulted in a 

related OCDETF case in Minnesota. The investigation continues. 

(Refer to page 15 for numerous case examples for each Oregon HIDTA initiative)
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II. INTRODUCTION 

The Oregon HIDTA Program continues to fund law enforcement initiatives that promote 

and facilitate cooperative sharing of case information, leveraging of available resources, and 

maintain effective working relationships between federal, state and local law enforcement 

agencies in their quest to disrupt or dismantle drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) impacting 

Oregon and the nation. These working relationships are exemplified by agency participation in 

the Oregon HIDTA initiatives. 

 The Oregon HIDTA Program and initiatives have established funding and operational 

priorities that focus on disrupting and/or dismantling those DTOs operating in Oregon, impacting 

other parts of our nation, and especially those involved with drug-related crime. These 

enforcement and investigative activities are intended to so disrupt the illegal drug marketplace 

that, as well as having the greatest positive impact on the quality of life in the regional 

neighborhoods and communities, the supply of available illegal drugs will be reduced and the 

drug price will be increased. 

 To achieve meaningful results, each HIDTA needs clear goals (the HIDTA Program 

Goals); a recognition of the challenges faced (a Threat Assessment); a plan to get there (a 

Counter-Drug Strategy with quantifiable performance targets to address the threat); and a way to 

document achievements (an Annual Report). The overall HIDTA mission is embodied by the 

National Program Mission Statement: 

National HIDTA 

Program Mission Statement 

The mission of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program is to 

disrupt the market for illegal drugs in the United States by assisting federal, state, and 

local law enforcement entities participating in the HIDTA Program to dismantle and 

disrupt drug trafficking organizations, with particular emphasis on drug trafficking 

regions that have harmful effects on other parts of the United States. 

In support of the National Drug Control Strategy:

The primary mission of the Oregon HIDTA Program is to reduce drug availability by 

creating intelligence-driven, multi-agency, drug task forces aimed at eliminating or 

reducing domestic drug trafficking and its harmful consequences by enhancing and 

helping to coordinate drug trafficking control efforts among federal, state and local law 

enforcement agencies. 

The secondary mission of the Oregon HIDTA Program is to reduce drug availability by 

creating intelligence-driven, multi-agency, drug task forces aimed at reducing the local 

manufacturing and trafficking of methamphetamine and marijuana and by reducing the 

supply of illegal drugs brought into Oregon from other states and foreign countries. 
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Oregon HIDTA Vision Statement

The Oregon HIDTA Program will: 

1. Endeavor to significantly improve the collection of drug intelligence, information 

sharing, and investigative collaboration and coordination between federal, state, and 

local law enforcement agencies in Oregon. 

2. Endeavor to significantly increase federal, state, and local participation in the 

Intelligence and Investigative Support Center (ISC), and utilization of the Oregon 

State Intelligence Network (OSIN) systems as well as all other federal, state, and 

local electronic information sharing systems. 

3. Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of all initiatives based upon the new 

Performance Measurement Program and realign allocated HIDTA funding to best 

target and impact the drug threat in Oregon. 

4. Pursue increased funding from Congress and ONDCP to complete the elements of a 

comprehensive and aggressive Oregon counter-drug strategy which includes 

increased federal and state prosecutions, drug seizures, and drug proceed seizures as 

well as the expansion of the Intelligence and Investigative Support Center, 

additional funding for the Oregon HIDTA Program and the addition of Lane 

County to the Oregon HIDTA Program. 

The Oregon HIDTA success is measured in part by its ability to facilitate greater 

efficiency, effectiveness, and cooperation among and between external participating agencies at 

the local, state, federal, and national level, thus yielding tangible, measurable results. Collocation 

of different law enforcement agencies to facilitate and enhance resource sharing is a key strategy. 

The extent of information sharing and interagency cooperation fostered by the HIDTA program 

approach proves that separate law enforcement initiatives can and are working together 

effectively and efficiently. 

Reporting Period: This annual report covers the reporting period January 1, 2005 to December 

31, 2005. 

Budget Allocation: During this reporting period, ONDCP allocated a $3,200,000 budget for 

Oregon HIDTA initiatives which included $450,000 in supplemental funding. The Oregon 

HIDTA strives to minimize any expenditure that does not directly address the Oregon HIDTA 

counter-drug strategy and facilitate achieving the mission. 
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Geographic Area of Responsibility: 

• Clackamas County, Deschutes County, Douglas County, Jackson County, Marion 

County, Multnomah County, Umatilla County, and Washington County

• The Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

 Currently, the HIDTA Program provides counter-drug funding to the eight, above listed, 

Oregon counties which contain 62 percent of the state’s population. 

Oregon has a sophisticated transportation infrastructure that facilitates the distribution of 

illicit drugs from domestic and foreign source areas. Drug traffickers consistently exploit the 

state’s highways, airways, railways, and waterways to transport and distribute drugs. Oregon’s 

geographical position offers a direct route between Canada and Mexico via Interstate 5, which 

traverses the majority of the Oregon HIDTA region. Highways 97 and 395, which are located in 

the eastern section of the state, also provide alternative north/south routes through the state. A 

series of east/west roadways, such as Interstate 84 and Highways 26 and 20, connect these major 

north/south routes providing additional opportunities for drug transportation into and through the 

state. Oregon’s commercial airports, including the Portland International Airport, numerous 

private airfields and seaports, including the Port of Portland, are also easily exploitable by drug 

traffickers. 
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The Oregon HIDTA region covers three distinct geographic areas. The Portland 

metropolitan area with over 1.3 million people, the I-5 north-south corridor between California 

and Washington state, and the rural and central east side of the Cascade mountain range. 

Population centers include Portland, Salem (the state capital), Roseburg, Medford, and Bend. 

III. National HIDTA Goals 

 The National HIDTA Program has two specific goals to be achieved in meeting the drug 

challenge. These two goals guide all HIDTA initiatives and activities throughout the United

States. The Oregon HIDTA presents these National HIDTA program goals, plus concise 

summaries of its Threat Assessment for calendar year 2006 and resultant Counter-Drug Strategy 

in the following sections. The Oregon HIDTA has fashioned an individual strategy to meet local 

drug threats according to its individual needs, in conjunction with the national objectives: 

NATIONAL HIDTA GOALS 

Goal 1: Disrupt the market for illegal drugs by dismantling or 

disrupting drug trafficking and/or money laundering 

organizations; and

Goal 2: Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of HIDTA 

initiatives. 

 These goals represent clear targets for Oregon HIDTA initiatives. They also provide the 

foundation upon which performance, planning, and outcome measurement are based. Each 

Oregon HIDTA initiative must present programmatic and fiscal justifications that are based on 

the Threat Assessment; must articulate how the initiative’s funding request directly addresses the 

threat; set realistic performance measures; and each initiative must eventually provide specific 

information on how the funding has allowed the Oregon HIDTA Program to meet its desired 

outcomes. 

 The Oregon HIDTA Executive Board is significantly involved in all aspects of the 

Oregon HIDTA enforcement, intelligence, investigation, interdiction, prosecution, support and 

management activities. The board provides a forum to share important trends in drug trafficking, 

to gather information on which drugs are being distributed throughout the region, and to verify 

identified DTOs. The board also addresses important administrative issues in its oversight 

capacity. The Oregon HIDTA success is measured by results, and each initiative is fully 

accountable for its success or failure in meeting its objectives. 

IV. Summary of Threat Assessment for Budget Year 2005

 Each year the Oregon HIDTA establishes a sound strategic plan and realistic resource 

requests which emanate from its well-researched and thorough Threat Assessment. The reader is 

referred to The Oregon HIDTA Threat Assessment for Budget Year 2005 for details on the 

threats identified. A detailed copy is available from the Oregon HIDTA office. The following 

summary is presented for your convenience. 
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Mexican and Caucasian DTOs control the majority of the transportation and distribution 

of illicit drugs into and out of the eight (8) HIDTA counties as well as the other twenty-eight (28) 

Oregon counties. These DTOs are also the primary traffickers of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and 

methamphetamine abused in the HIDTA region. Mexican DTOs dominate the transportation and 

distribution of heroin and cocaine, while Caucasian DTOs control marijuana transportation and 

distribution. Methamphetamine trafficking is increasingly being dominated by Mexican DTOs. 

Other DTOs and criminal groups, such as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs), street gangs; and 

Asian, Canadian, Honduran, Middle Eastern, and Russian DTOs; also transport and distribute 

drugs, but to a lesser extent. MDMA, GHB, LSD, PCP, ketamine, psilocybin and pseudoephedrine are also smuggled into the HIDTA region. 

Oregon is currently experiencing an epidemic of methamphetamine abuse, 

manufacturing, and trafficking which is directly related to identity theft and other serious person 

and property crimes. From January 2000 through December of 2004 (five years), Oregon law 

enforcement agencies reported 2,432 meth labs to the Oregon Department of Justice. That 

represents an average of 486 labs discovered each year. 

 During the last three years, the form of methamphetamine being seized by law 

enforcement has switched from powder form to a more addictive and potent form, called "ice" or 

crystal meth. During the 2005 Oregon legislative session, a legislative bill was passed and 

signed into law which restricted the availability of products containing pseudeoehpedrine. The 

products were to be maintained behind the store counter; restricted to sales in pharmacies only; 

and identification was required for information to be recorded on a sales transaction log which 

was available for law enforcement review. The purpose of the law was in attempt to reduce the 

number of small “mom and pop” meth labs which were inundating the drug task forces 

statewide. This would, in essence, free up the task forces to re-direct their efforts towards 

investigating Mexican DTOs and the distribution of Mexican methamphetamine. The new law 

may have an unintended effect of contributing to an increase in trafficking of precursor 

ingredients from Canada and neighboring states with weaker laws than Oregon’s new law, as 

well as the internet. While calendar year 2005 data indicate a dramatic drop in reported labs 

statewide, the availability of crystal meth has not diminished as Mexican drug traffickers are 

importing finished product from labs outside the state and from Mexico. 

 The availability of Crystal meth, however, has not diminished as Mexican drug 

traffickers are importing the finished product from labs outside the state and from Mexico. 
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Abuse and Treatment Data Are Still Not Encouraging

In conjunction with the methamphetamine abuse, marijuana abuse, manufacturing and 

trafficking are also at an epidemic stage. Large indoor and outdoor marijuana growing 

operations have been discovered on private lands, National Forest Service land, and Bureau of 

Land Management areas. Discovered plants have numbered in the thousands and the illegally 

harvested product is distributed both locally and nationally. 
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 The Oregon Medical Marijuana Law which allows for small quantities of marijuana to be 

grown and used for pain suppression has been consistently violated and is a major barrier to 

effective enforcement and prosecution efforts. This law ignores and undermines the national 

safety regulations and requirements for medicines established by the Federal Drug 

Administration (FDA). 

 As of January 1st, 2006 Oregon medical marijuana statistics are as follows: 

Number of persons currently holding medical marijuana cards: 11,853 

Number of persons holding caregiver cards for the above persons: 5,693 

Number of Oregon-licensed physicians who have signed applications for 

 medical marijuana cards: 2,089 

Number of new applicants for medical marijuana cards during CY 2005: 5,798 

Number of renewal applications during CY 2005: 6,193 

Number of pending applications: 720 

Total number of individual and caregiver cards issued during CY 2005: 19,318 

Number of applications denied during CY 2005: 787 

Reported medical conditions include: 

Agitation related to Alzheimer’s disease 

Cachexia 

Cancer 

Glaucoma 

HIV/AIDS 

Nausea 

Severe pain 

Seizures 

Persistent muscle spasms 

Heroin, cocaine, and prescription drug abuse constitute the next level of major drug 

threats to Oregon communities. 

The Oregon HIDTA counter-drug enforcement strategy is intended to be responsive to 

the above noted threat indicators and to compliment legislative, treatment, and prevention 

strategies within the state and HIDTA regions. The Meth Watch Program and community antidrug coalitions are very active in Oregon. The Oregon Partnership has been an important 

catalyst for community action. The treatment charts above speak for themselves. 

As of this writing, the Oregon HIDTA participating agencies have identified 102 Drug 

Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) with foreign and domestic connections that are actively 

operating in the HIDTA counties and throughout Oregon. (Refer to table #1 and #2, page 25). 

 
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Mexican and Caucasian DTOs control the majority of the transportation and distribution 

of illicit drugs into and out of the seven (7) HIDTA counties as well as the other twenty-nine (29) 

Oregon counties. These DTOs are also the primary traffickers of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and 

methamphetamine abused in the HIDTA region. Mexican DTOs dominate the transportation and 

distribution of heroin and cocaine, while Caucasian DTOs control marijuana transportation and 

distribution. Methamphetamine trafficking is increasingly being dominated by Mexican DTOs. 

Other DTOs and criminal groups, such as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs), street gangs, and 

Asian, Canadian, Honduran, Middle Eastern, and Russian DTOs; also transport and distribute 

drugs, but to a lesser extent. MDMA, GHB, LSD, PCP, ketamine, psilocybin and pseudoephedrine are also smuggled into the HIDTA region. 

Drug-related deaths increased 4 percent statewide in 2004, with heroin responsible for the 

largest number and cocaine blamed for the highest individual increase. Cocaine-related deaths 

jumped sharply from 53 deaths in 2003 to 66 in 2004, an increase of 24 percent, according to 

annual figures released by the state medical examiner. Heroin-related deaths, in contrast, 

dropped about 6 percent last year, but still accounted for the bulk of the drug-related with 94 

deaths. Methamphetamine-related deaths statewide stayed consistent with 78 people dying from 

the drug in 2003 and the same in 2004. 

There were 40 deaths attributed to a combination of one or more of the drugs to push the 

total to 198 drug-related deaths last year, compared to 190 in 2003. Multnomah County, the 

most populous in Oregon, had the highest number of deaths statewide with 108 drug deaths in 

2004. Lane County was a distant second, with 16 drug-related deaths in 2004, followed by the 

three other most populous counties - Clackamas, Washington and Marion with 12, 11 and 10 

deaths, respectively. Methamphetamine accounted for the most deaths in Lane County, while 

heroin or cocaine was blamed for the most deaths in the other four largest counties. Marion 

County had 10 drug deaths, compared to 16 in 2003, a 37 percent decrease. 

The 2005 drug related deaths statistics for Oregon counties is not available as of this 

writing. 

V. HIDTA Strategy Summary 

Overall Concept of Strategy

Oregon is currently experiencing an epidemic of methamphetamine abuse, 

manufacturing, and trafficking which is directly related to identity theft and other serious person 

and property crimes. In conjunction with methamphetamine abuse, marijuana abuse, 

manufacturing, and trafficking is also at an epidemic stage. Heroin, cocaine, and prescription 

drug abuse constitute the next level of major drug threats to Oregon communities. 

The Oregon HIDTA counter-drug enforcement strategy is intended to be responsive to 

the above noted threats and to compliment treatment and prevention strategies within the state 

and HIDTA regions. 

To accomplish the mission of the Oregon HIDTA and achieve the goals of the National 

Drug Control Strategy, the Executive Board will allocate and focus the “value-added” HIDTA 

resources on initiatives that have a direct relationship to the following: 
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A. Modifying individual behavior in order to discourage and reduce drug use and 

addiction, and 

B. Disrupting the market for illegal drugs by disrupting and/or dismantling the drug 

networks (organizations) that transport and distribute drugs and the illicit 

proceeds from their sale. 

The enforcement components of the Oregon HIDTA will aggressively pursue criminal 

drug smuggling, manufacturing, distribution, and money laundering organizations in order to 

disrupt and reduce the supply of illegal drugs and help achieve the National Drug Control 

Strategy goals of: 

#1: A 10% reduction in current use of illegal drugs by juveniles and adults by 2004. 

#2: A 25% reduction in current use of illegal drugs by juveniles and adults by 2007. 

An overview of the Oregon HIDTA Program Key Strategy Components can be 

summarized as follows:

The primary specific strategies to achieve the mission of the Oregon HIDTA Program, the goals 

of the Oregon HIDTA Strategy, and the National Drug Control Strategy are: 

1. Identify and target the most serious and prolific drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) 

operating in the Oregon HIDTA areas. 

2. Create intelligence-driven drug task forces aimed at eliminating or reducing domestic 

drug trafficking of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. 

3. Share criminal intelligence with law enforcement agencies along the I-5 corridor between 

Mexico and Canada, neighboring states, and nationwide as appropriate. 

4. Focus task force efforts at the identified “High-Value” drug trafficking organizations. 

5. Provide an Intelligence and Investigative Support Center (ISC) that serves as a “one-stop 

research shop” and “coordination umbrella” that provides accurate, detailed and timely 

tactical and strategic drug intelligence to HIDTA initiatives, HIDTA participating 

agencies, and other law enforcement agencies as appropriate both locally and nationally. 

6. Provide an Intelligence and Investigative Support Center (ISC) that serves as a primary 

investigative resource for technical support and equipment, to include state-of-the-art 

Title III and Pen Register equipment, GPS tracking equipment, crime analysis equipment, 

surveillance equipment, undercover equipment, video enhancement services, and 

computer forensic services. 

7. Provide an electronic officer safety warning system through the ISC Watch Center that 

serves to deconflict and coordinate tactical operations and investigations occurring in 

close proximity to each other on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days per week. 
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8. Conduct field operations and investigations, which dismantle drug trafficking 

organizations through systematic and thorough investigations that lead to successful 

criminal prosecutions and forfeiture of their illicit assets. 

9. Leverage federal, state, and local law enforcement efforts by coordinating efforts to 

reduce the production, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, and use of illegal 

drugs, as well as the related money laundering of drug proceeds. 

10. Provide quality training to law enforcement personnel to enhance their skills at 

investigating, prosecuting, and preventing drug trafficking and drug abuse at all levels 

and promote officer safety. 

ONDCP and the Oregon HIDTA Program funded 14 initiatives in CY 2005. Funds were

distributed as follows: 

• 3 Investigative with Prosecution 

DTO Focus 

• 7 Investigative DTO Focus 

• 1 Training Focus 

• 1 Drug Fugitive Focus 

• 1 Intelligence Focus 

• 1 Management Focus 
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The following cases, in support of the Oregon HIDTA Counter-Drug Strategy, are excellent

examples of collaborative effectiveness by Oregon federal, state, and local law enforcement 

agencies that were supported by HIDTA funding during 2005:

• During 2005 there were eight OCDETF cases approved in Oregon that were directly 

linked to, initiated by, or coordinated by Oregon HIDTA Program agencies. Three (3) of 

the cases are cocaine focused, five (5) are marijuana focused, two (2) are 

methamphetamine and cocaine focused, one (1) is marijuana and methamphetamine 

focused. Since 1999 when the HIDTA Program began in Oregon, there have been thirty 

OCDETF cases directly linked to, initiated by, or coordinated by Oregon HIDTA 

Program agencies. 

• During 2005, the Office of National Drug Control Policy through the National Marijuana 

Initiative approved funds to the Oregon HIDTA to launch a concerted effort to reduce the 

supply of marijuana being produced in Oregon on private and public forestlands. 

Investigations are continuing but initial efforts have resulted in the seizure of over 18,000 

plants and the identification of numerous suspects. 

• During 2005 ICE and other federal, state, and local agencies investigated and OCDETF 

case that is also a HIDTA funded CPOT case. To date, there has been 3.63 kilograms of 

methamphetamine, 6 kilograms of cocaine, and 408 kilograms of marijuana seized as 

well as $19,392 in cash, a 2002 Escalade vehicle valued at $31,000 with a hidden 

compartment, a 2003 Escalade valued at $35,250. There have been five (5) indictments 

with eighteen (18) additional indictments anticipated. Information provided to DEA/ICE 

in Minneapolis has resulted in a related OCDETF case in Minnesota. The investigation 

continues. 

• The U.S. Marshals Service Drug Fugitive HIDTA Task Force identified 170 federal 

drug fugitives with a drug nexus during 2005. They were able to apprehend 146 of those 

identified. They also identified 143 state fugitives with a drug nexus during 2005 and 

they were able to apprehend 134 of those identified. 

A few notable apprehensions include: 

On January 27, 2005, the task force located two kidnappers and their victim in Gresham, 

Oregon. The Gwinnett, Georgia Police Department had requested assistance in locating 

the men who were involved in kidnapping another from Georgia due to an interstate drug 

deal that had gone bad. Two of the kidnappers, Trinh Dung and Hoa Ta were arrested 

and the victim, Lam Tran, was rescued unharmed. 

On February 3, 2005, the task force located and arrested Ryan Weekley at the request of 

the Regional Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force (ROCN) on a federal manufacture 

of marijuana charge. A search of the residence led ROCN to the seizure of 66 marijuana 

plants, $660, 1lb of marijuana, and a stolen Polaris jet ski. 
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On February 6, 2005, Sang Nguyen was arrested in Lacenter, Washington based on 

information provided by the task force. Nguyen was wanted by the Portland Police 

Bureau for Attempted Aggravated Murder, two (2) counts of Assault I, two (2) counts of 

Kidnap I, Robbery I, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Assault on Public Safety 

Officer(s), and Resisting Arrest. 

On March 2, 2005, the USMS Fugitive Task Force assisted the DEA with the arrest of 

Robert Caufield, an OCDETF fugitive wanted for Conspiracy to Manufacture 

Methamphetamine. The arrest took place in Kalama, Washington. 

On July 15, 2005, members of the task force along with the Vancouver Police 

Department arrested Jeremiah Prueitt in Woodland, Washington for Attempted Murder 

and Malicious Harassment (hate crime). Prueitt, who was known to affiliate with white 

supremacists, was charged with a June 19, 2005 racially-motivated shooting. At the time 

of his arrest, Prueitt was in possession of a semi-automatic handgun and a stolen vehicle. 

Prueitt was also wanted in Washington County for multiple counts of Forgery, Identity 

Theft and Credit Card Fraud. 

On August 12, 2005, Esequel Martinez and Tiffanee Halling were arrested by Deputy 

U.S. Marshals in Twin Falls, Idaho based upon information forwarded by the task force. 

Martinez and Halling were wanted by Umatilla County for Failure to Appear on an 

original charge of Distribution of Methamphetamine. 

On August 18, 2005, Steven McClain was arrested by Deputy U.S. Marshals outside of 

Fairbanks, Alaska based upon information forwarded by the task force. McClain, who 

was living under an assumed name, was wanted on a federal warrant for his Failure to 

Appear at his sentencing on July 30, 1998. McClain's original charges stemmed from a 

Multnomah County Sheriff's Office investigation in which a methamphetamine lab was 

seized in northeast Portland. 

On August 18, 2005, members of the task force arrested Lashawn Barr on a federal 

Supervised Release Violation warrant in Portland. Barr, who was on supervision for a 

Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance conviction, attempted to 

dispose of a semi-automatic handgun as he fled on foot from task force members. Barr 

has subsequently been charged by the ATF with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. 

On September 27, 2005, Adam Calbreath was arrested by members of the task force in 

Rhododendron, Oregon on a Failure to Appear warrant out of Jackson County. 

Calbreath's original charge was Possession of a Controlled Substance. At the time of 

Calbreath's arrest, an AK-47, a SKS, four additional rifles, two shotguns and a revolver 

were seized from his residence. This case has been referred to the Clackamas County 

District Attorney's Office. 

On October 3, 2005, task force members arrested Stephen Dempsey in Silverton on a 

Multnomah County warrant for Robbery in the First Degree. Dempsey is alleged to have 

been involved in several home invasion type robberies: where he impersonated a police 

officer, took occupants down at gunpoint, flex-cuffed them and then searched and stole 

both money and drugs. 
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On December 12, 2005, task force members arrested Henry McCollum, a violent fugitive, 

who was wanted for a parole violation and was a suspect in a recent assault. Following a 

brief foot chase, McCollum was apprehended and found to be in possession of a loaded 

semi-automatic handgun and approximately three (3) grams of methamphetamine. The 

US Attorney's Office and ATF are pursuing new armed career criminal charges against 

McCollum. 

• In January 2005, the Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team (BENT) (Umatilla 

County) conducted a methamphetamine investigation at the Umatilla marina along the 

Columbia River that led to the arrest of two suspects. A third suspect drowned when he 

jumped into the river to escape officers and discarded drugs and money. Just less than 

two pounds of crystal methamphetamine and $16,000 in cash was seized. 

• In October of 2005, (BENT) (Umatilla County) seized more the $100,000 worth of 

crystal methamphetamine. BENT seized drugs, cash, assets, and weapons and arrested 

nine people during two undercover drug investigations. One arrest resulted in the seizure 

of 900 rounds of ammunition, 12 sticks of homemade explosives, methamphetamine, 

marijuana, scales and packaging material. 

• In September of 2005, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team (CODE) began 

receiving reports of an increase in the amount of cocaine that was available for sale in the 

Deschutes County area. Using surveillance, witness interviews, and acting on reports 

from concerned citizens, the CODE team’s investigation determined that one of the 

largest and most prolific sources of cocaine was at one particular residence in the city of 

Bend, Oregon. During the investigation the primary distributor was identified and was 

also in possession of an assault rifle. On October 15th, search warrants were served. 

During the search, four ounces of cocaine and over 50 tablets of “Ecstasy” were seized 

along with a one kilo (2.2 pounds) brick of cocaine that was wrapped in packaging 

material that still bore the impressions that represented a South American drug cartel. 

• In April 2005, CODE concluded a two-month long investigation into the trafficking of 

methamphetamine into Deschutes County from the Salem area. This investigation 

resulted in the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of over $2,500 dollars in cash, two 

stolen pistols, two stolen laptop computers, and three-quarters of a pound of 

methamphetamine after three separate searches. 

• In February 2005, CODE investigated two Hispanic brothers distributing 

methamphetamine in Central Oregon. These suspects delivered two ounces of 

methamphetamine at the time of arrest, and upon further searches of their residence 

cocaine, cash, and drug records were seized. Through investigations conducted by the 

CODE team it was determined that the brothers, working together and independently, 

have been responsible for delivering no less than three and one-half pound of 

methamphetamine in Deschutes County. This quantity of methamphetamine is enough to 

provide individual user-quantity dosages for over 3,100 methamphetamine addicted 

individuals in Deschutes County. Three and one-half pounds of methamphetamine has a 

street value of nearly $160,000 dollars. The arrest of these meth dealers was the latest in a 

series of arrests resulting from long-term investigations into the distribution of 

methamphetamine in Central Oregon. The investigation is continuing with more arrests 

anticipated. 
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• In March 2005 information was developed by the Mid-Columbia Interagency Narcotics 

Investigation Team (MINT), centered out of Hood River, Oregon indicating that a 

Hispanic group was responsible for the smuggling of large quantities of high-quality 

methamphetamine to the central and north central areas of Oregon. At that time the 

Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team (CODE) established that one primary suspect 

was a resident of Bend. The CODE team then opened an investigation paralleling the 

investigation being conducted by the MINT team. Through investigation it was 

established that the suspect was preparing to deliver a large quantity of methamphetamine 

in the Redmond area. The suspect was contacted and was arrested in the parking lot of a 

Burger King. In an open box in the rear of the suspect’s vehicle CODE Detectives found 

three one-pound bags of high-quality crystallized methamphetamine. During the 

investigation it was determined that this suspect was an undocumented alien. 

• In January 2005, CODE, after an extended investigation, executed a search warrant at the 

residence of Hispanic methamphetamine manufacturers and distributors in Bend, Oregon. 

The primary suspects left the residence, prior to the search warrant, operating a 1996 

Toyota Camry and were stopped by Bend police patrol officers at the request of the 

CODE team detectives. A detailed search of the Camry revealed a sophisticated, hidden 

compartment in the dashboard. This compartment was accessed by activating a hidden 

contact switch, which in turn activated an electronic solenoid that released the lock on the 

door of the hidden compartment. CODE detectives seized over $6,000 in cash from this 

hidden compartment. A short time later a search warrant was served on the suspect’s 

residence. Another Hispanic suspect was taken into custody and was in possession of a 

loaded pistol and 5.5 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. A search of the residence was 

conducted and weight scales, packaging materials, and drug records were seized. 

• A 10-year investigation by the Douglas County Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT)

of similar marijuana grow sites across Douglas County led to the arrest of a suspect that 

had been growing marijuana on public and private lands throughout the county since 

1995. A search of the suspect’s residence produced 50 pounds of dried marijuana 

including several pounds packaged for sale, scales, several small marijuana plants 

growing inside and one large plant growing outside. Two bedrooms of the suspect’s 

residence were used for the purpose of drying marijuana on racks. Also seized from the 

suspect were a .45 caliber handgun and a riot assault shotgun. This suspect is currently 

charged with his involvement in two grows during 2004 and one during 2005. The street 

value of the harvested and dried marijuana from these grows is estimated at $150,000. 

Because this suspect’s grows were consistently planted in thinned forest sites of 15 year 

old tree stands, with natural underground water seeps, they required little maintenance 

and his knowledge of forestry was far greater than the average marijuana grower. 
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• In March 2005, the Drug Enforcement Administration together with Douglas County 

(DINT) and Coos County law enforcement agents arrested the owner of the Plaza 

Palenque Mexican restaurant in Myrtle Creek, a front for a large-scale methamphetamine 

operation spanning the two counties. Federal charges were filed. Agents seized more 

than nine (9) pounds of methamphetamine, seven firearms, and $3,000 in cash after 

serving 11 search warrants. This organization was distributing crystal methamphetamine.

All fifteen (15) suspects were scheduled to appear in federal court as part of a larger drug 

network on the West Coast. DEA and DINT have been involved in the investigation for 

over a year. 

• In August of 2005, DINT participated in the arrest of eight people involved in a largescale marijuana growing operation involving northern California and southern Oregon. 

DINT served a search warrant on two adjoining rural residences in the Glendale area. 

Officers found a sophisticated growing operation which included indoor grows, a green 

house and more than 300 plants and several pounds of dried marijuana. A Glock pistol, 

shotgun, and a ballistic vest were found. Three suspects, including a female attorney from 

California, were indicted in this case. In northern California, about 70 miles south of the 

Oregon – California border, Siskiyou County law enforcement arrested two Medford, 

Oregon men and four others and seized more than 400 pounds of marijuana. 

• DINT investigated a total of seventeen outdoor grow cases this past 2005 grow season. 

Thirteen of these grows were located by helicopter overflights. Eleven of the cases have 

been cleared by arrest. A total of nineteen subjects have been arrested in these cases. Five 

of the cases involved firearms (15 firearms total). Search warrants on five residences 

were served. Consent searches of an additional two residences were conducted. The total 

plant count was 3,282. 

• On 5-25-05 a citizen called JACNET, a unit in the Jackson County HIDTA Task 

Force, and reported a marijuana grow on Jacksonville Reservoir Road., Jacksonville, 

Oregon. Detectives surveyed the sight and located 20-30 marijuana plants as well as 

what appeared to be a campsite setup nearby. On 5-26-05, JACNET detectives organized 

marijuana eradication of the site. During the eradication, detectives located 

approximately 7,203 marijuana plants at the site. The plants ranged in size from 3 to12 

inches in height. Detectives located a drip irrigation system at the site. The plants were 

all in Dixie cups with 5 to 7 plants in each cup. During the search, detectives located an 

additional site near the original site that was in preparation to be another grow site by the 

suspects. Detectives determined from the evidence left at the scene of the grow and 

campsite, that this grow involved the Mexican cartel. No suspects were located. This is 

the third suspected Mexican cartel grow located in Jackson County since 2002. 

• On 9-21-05 JACNET detectives served a search warrant at 5590 Old Siskiyou Highway, 

Ashland, Oregon. During the search, detectives located 129 marijuana plants. The 

plants averaged 4 to 6 feet tall. Detectives arrested a suspect for Possession and 

Manufacturing a Controlled Substance-Marijuana. 
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• On 10-2-05 JACNET received a report of a possible marijuana grow on Grizzly 

Mountain outside of Ashland. Detectives responded to the location and located a 

campsite with numerous camping supplies. The camp was in total disarray as if a bear or 

other wild animal had scattered food supplies all over the campsite. Detectives located a 

marijuana grow near the campsite and seized 2,841 marijuana plants. This grow is 

believed to be a Mexican cartel grow. No suspects were located. 

• On 10-12-05 JACNET served two search warrants. The first search warrant was served 

at 2095 Rogue River Highway 26 in Rogue River. During the search, 115.85 grams of 

marijuana, 23.31 grams of mushrooms, 29.65 grams of hashish, 33 marijuana plants and 

1 handgun were seized. 

• On 10-6-05 JACNET detectives received information about a marijuana grow near Lost 

Creek Lake in Prospect. Detectives along with Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Mobile 

Response Team entered and secured the area. Detectives located a campsite that 

appeared to be abandoned as well as six individual marijuana grows within close 

proximity. Detectives seized 1,871 marijuana plants. No suspect information is available 

at this time. Detectives believe this grow to be a Mexican cartel grow. 

• In December 2005, in Salem, Oregon, the Marion County HIDTA Task Force and 

local law enforcement investigators dismantled a heroin drug ring that sold heroin in the 

Salem area to as many as 300 people per day. Approximately 50 grams of heroin were 

seized during the arrests, along with $20,000 in cash and two guns. Six children were 

taken into protective custody. Eighteen (18) search warrants were served in the Salem 

area, two (2) in the Portland area, and one (1) in the state of Arkansas. Racketeering 

charges have been levied against the primary suspects. 

• In June of 2005, the Salem office of DEA, the Marion County HIDTA Task Force, and 

state and local agencies investigated a drug trafficking organization that led them to one 

of the largest super-methamphetamine labs discovered in Oregon. Search warrants were 

served on the suspect’s house in Brownsville, Oregon where the lab was located. Agents 

eventually arrested 15 people in connection with this case. This lab was capable of 

producing ninety (90) pounds of pure methamphetamine (400,000 doses) in less than 

three (3) days. During the search, three pounds of finished methamphetamine were 

found, $195,000 in cash, one hundred and fifty (150) pounds of iodine and twenty (20) 

plus pounds of red phosphorus. 

• The Portland Interdiction Team Initiative (PIT) seized 5 kilos of cocaine at the 

Portland Amtrak station. The cocaine was inside an unmarked new piece of luggage and 

was being transported from Los Angeles to Ohio where it could be sold for $5,000.00 

more per kilo. Evidence developed from follow-up investigation in this case which 

resulted in a search warrant served in Sacramento, California and information was 

forwarded to investigators in Ohio. The two initial suspects were federally indicted and 

plead guilty. 

• The Portland Interdiction Team responded to a tip at the Portland International Airport 

that a female passenger was smuggling heroin from Mexico on a Mexican airline flight. 

The female was found to be body-packing 307 grams of heroin. The suspect was 

federally indicted. 
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• The Portland Interdiction Team, while conducting surveillance involving a joint 

DEA/PPB investigation, stopped a vehicle leaving a suspected drug stash house and 

deployed a drug canine on the car. The dog alerted on the passenger air bag hidden 

compartment, which was found to contain six pounds of methamphetamine. The team 

then wrote a search warrant for the stash house resulting in the additional seizure of 16 

pounds of methamphetamine, 3 1/2 pounds of cocaine and 1/2 pound of heroin. 

 

• The Portland Interdiction Team seized over 75 kilos of the East African import "Khat" 

from package stores, valued at $40,000. The Multnomah County District attorneys 

Office will be prosecuting the first of these types of cases in the near future. The team 

also intercepted illegal prescriptions of hydrocodone (a total of 3,200 tabs) from several 

different mail services during 2005. Through interviews during one of the larger 

seizures, it was determined that Internet doctors from Puerto Rico were writing the 

prescriptions, which were then used to acquire the pills from wholesalers in Texas and 

Florida. This information was referred to the Portland DEA Diversion investigators. 

• The Portland Interdiction Team seized 10 pounds of marijuana (valued at $30,000) from 

a suspect reroute from Seattle to California at the Portland Amtrak station. The suspect 

agreed to provide information regarding an ongoing investigation and was instrumental in 

that capacity for the Seattle DEA. On another occasion the team seized 334.3 grams of 

MDMA concealed inside a candle at the train station. 

• The Portland Interdiction Team seized over $80,000 of drug money. This cash was the 

combined total from numerous consensual encounters in the airport, train station, bus 

station and highway contacts where a drug nexus was established. 

• The Portland Interdiction Team assisted DEA in the seizure of vehicles worth in excess 

of $300.000 purchased with proceeds and profits of drug dealing. In most cases the 

suspects immediately forfeited any interest in the cars which were seized from 

Washington and Oregon. 

• The Regional Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force (ROCN) worked jointly with 

the Clark/Skamania County, Washington Task Force, the Portland DEA, the Whatcom 

County Washington Sheriff’s Office; and the Skagit County,Washington Sheriff’s Office 

on a Marijuana Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). Three search warrants were 

served which resulted in the seizure of two marijuana grows and three pieces of real 

property valued at over $250,000. Over 12,000 marijuana plants were grown, harvested, 

and sold over the last ten years by this DTO. Three individuals were indicted. 

• In a separate case, ROCN investigators and the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office 

Special Investigative Unit served search warrants on a marijuana DTO. Ninety-five 

pounds of BC Bud marijuana was seized together with $132,141 and four vehicles. The 

primary suspect was indicted federally. 
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• ROCN investigators finished an investigation with a one-pound methamphetamine 

buy/bust on a primary subject of a DTO. A total of four subjects were arrested on drug 

charges and two consent searches were completed with a total of 18 ounces of 

methamphetamine seized. This was a local DTO, and the primary subject has been 

federally indicted. 

• On another case, ROCN investigators obtained a consent search on a primary leader of a 

DTO involved in the distribution of BC Bud marijuana, ROCN investigators also located 

an indoor marijuana operation in a house next door to the leader of the DTO. ROCN 

investigators obtained consent to search both locations, and it was determined that the 

locations and subjects were associated. The search of these locations yielded the seizure 

of 165 marijuana plants, 171 marijuana clones, $89,000 in cash and two guns. The 

primary leader of the DTO was indicted on state drug charges and the investigation is 

continuing. 

• ROCN identified an international DTO transporting and distributing B.C. Bud Marijuana 

to the Portland area and from Portland to the East Coast, Mid-west including Kentucky, 

and to the West Coast to L.A., California. After the marijuana was sold, the money was 

sent to L.A., California with a transport person, and this courier picked up multiple kilos 

of cocaine to be transported back to Canada. ROCN investigators worked with the ICE 

& Orange County RNSP Task Force in California and met the cocaine distributors of this 

DTO in L.A., California. Investigators arranged for the delivery of a 28-kilo delivery and 

an 11-kilo delivery of cocaine from two distributors. The cocaine was seized and the two 

distributors were identified to be investigated by the Orange County RNSP Task Force. 

ROCN investigators then delivered 39 fake kilos of cocaine to a Canadian smuggler in 

northern Idaho to be transported back to Canada, and this subject was taken into custody 

with the assistance of ROCN, ICE, and the Idaho State Police. A truck that was equipped 

with a hidden compartment to hide the cocaine was seized. The subject had $85,000 in 

cash hidden in this compartment and it was also seized. A total of 39 kilos of cocaine 

was seized, along with 5 lbs of marijuana, over $230,000 in cash, and five vehicles. Five 

subjects have been arrested to date. 
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• Agents of the Regional Organized Crime Narcotics (ROCN) Task Force worked with the 

Multnomah County Sheriff=s SIU Team for three months investigating a 

Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that is responsible for the 

illegal distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine throughout the Portland Metro 

area. On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, two search warrants were served in Clackamas 

County and two follow-up knock and talks conducted in the city of Portland. 

Approximately 2 pounds of methamphetamine was seized during the investigation and 

the service of the search warrants; and a methamphetamine lab was discovered in Eagle 

Creek, Oregon at one of the search warrant sites. The seized methamphetamine lab and 

chemicals included 40 pounds of Iodine which is capable of producing over 12 pounds of 

additional methamphetamine. In addition, four guns were seized from the search warrant 

locations. During this investigation an undercover officer was buying directly from one 

of the primary subjects of this investigation. This DTO involved several subjects who 

worked together to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine around the Portland 

metro area. Five subjects were taken into custody on state drug charges and outstanding 

arrest warrants. The coordination of the service of the two search warrants and two 

knock and talks was possible due to the assistance that Multnomah County Sheriff=s 

Office and ROCN received from the Clackamas County Sheriff=s Office, the 

Washington County Sheriff=s WIN Team, Multnomah County Parole and Probation, and 

the Gresham/MCSO SWAT Team. 

• ROCN investigators are continuing to make buys into a local DTO selling heroin in the 

Portland Metro area, and are now seeing a connection to the ROCN and FBI OCDETF 

case with similar associates. 
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• Agents of the Regional Organized Crime Narcotics (ROCN) Task Force worked with the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture for nine months investigating a Drug Trafficking 

Organization (DTO) that was responsible for the illegal distribution of large quantities of 

prescription pills in the Portland Metro area and the misuse of Oregon Trail Food Stamp 

benefit debit cards. On the morning of August 3, 2005, four search warrants were served 

throughout the city of Portland. Two of the search warrants were served by the Portland 

Police SERT Team and the Oregon State Police SWAT Team due to metal gate 

fortifications at the entry points of the residences. The other two search warrants were 

served by the PPB NE Precinct Neighborhood Response Team and the PPB Drugs and 

Vice Division. The prescription pills being illegally sold were Vicodin (hydrocodene/pain 

reliever), a Schedule III controlled substance; Oxycontin (oxycodone/pain reliever), a 

Schedule II controlled substance; Percocet (oxycodene/pain reliever), a Schedule II 

controlled substance; and Soma (carisoprodol/muscle relaxer), a Schedule IV controlled 

substance. This DTO involved several subjects who worked together to illegally possess 

and distribute large quantities of illegal prescription pills each month to customers who 

do not have an authorized prescription to possess these controlled substances and who 

use the Oregon Trail Food Stamp debit cards to pay for the illegal drugs. The ROCN 

Task Force used undercover officers to make direct purchases of the pills listed from the 

subjects involved in this DTO and payment for the pills was made by using the Oregon 

Trail Food Stamp benefit debit cards issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. One 

of the primary subjects was arrested on a federal indictment for illegal Distribution of 

Oxycontin. Another subject was also arrested and charged with the Distribution of 

Controlled Substances. A search warrant was served at their residence in Portland, 

Oregon and thousands of prescription pills, including Oxycontin and Methadone, were 

seized in wholesale containers valued over $100,000. Also seized from the residence was 

over $100,000 in cash, and a diamond ring valued over $150,000 was recovered that had 

been previously stolen from a local Portland jewelry store. Follow-up search warrants at 

four Portland banks associated with these suspects yielded additional cash and over 

$300,000 in cash assets have been seized to date, and over 22,000 illegal prescription 

pills have been seized to date. These two suspects were involved in a large-scale cocaine 

distribution investigation in 1988 in Portland, in which they were both charged and 

convicted on federal drug charges as they supplied cocaine to local crack houses in 

Portland. The coordination of the service of the four search warrants was possible due to 

the inter-agency cooperation that ROCN received from the following local law 

enforcement agencies that participated: Portland FBI, Portland ICE, Clackamas County 

Sheriff=s Office, Multnomah County Sheriff=s SIU Team, OSP SWAT, Portland Police 

SERT, Portland Police Drugs and Vice Division, PPB NE Precinct, and Washington 

County Sheriff=s WIN Team. The U.S. Attorney=s Office has supported this 

investigation and is moving forward on prosecutions and forfeitures associated with this 

investigation. Additional arrests and indictments are pending as ROCN investigators are 

continuing this investigation. 

• ROCN investigators arrested a subject in a delivery of a 1/4 pound of cocaine and 

$10,000. The subject was supposed to deliver a kilo of cocaine, but he only delivered a 

1/4 pound of cocaine with the $10,000 in cash in his vehicle. The investigation is 

continuing. 
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• ROCN also investigated an International DTO distributing heroin, cocaine, and 

methamphetamine in the Portland Metro area. ROCN made an arrest on a subject 

associated with this DTO, and the subject gave up information on how two subjects 

associated with this DTO distribute methamphetamine in northwest Portland. The 

subject ordered up two (2) pounds of methamphetamine, and the two subjects showed up 

to deliver the methamphetamine in the lobby of a condominium in northwest Portland. 

The subjects were contacted and taken into custody and 3.5 pounds of methamphetamine 

and 2 pound of cocaine were seized, along with $9,000 in cash from the two subjects 

arrested. The two subjects will be indicted on federal drug charges. 

• The Westside Interagency Narcotics Team (WIN) worked alongside the DEA for 18 

months to crack a drug trafficking ring that was moving drugs from Mexico up to 

Washington County, Oregon. In March 2005, they served warrants on several homes and 

arrested six people. Agents seized 42 pounds of methamphetamine, six (6) pounds of 

heroin, one pound of marijuana, seven guns, and $100,000 in cash. Of 11 vehicles seized 

five were outfitted with elaborately designed secret compartments for trafficking drugs 

up Interstate 5 from Mexico. The vehicles were very sophisticated and were equipped 

with electronically-activated compartments designed to smuggle drugs north and profits 

south. The suspects were arrested in various locations in the Portland area. These 

suspects led one of the West Coast's most active meth smuggling rings with distribution 

headquartered in the Portland area. The methamphetamine seized had an estimated value 

of about $225,000 on the street. While the smugglers also brought heroin and cocaine 

into California, Oregon and Washington, their primary drug was methamphetamine, 

manufactured at superlabs in Mexico. The smuggling operation had two cells - one in 

California and one in Portland. Agents moved to shut down the California hub first, 

arresting 10 people and seizing 44 pounds of meth, $109,000 in cash, four cars and 12 

guns. 
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VI. HIDTA Performance Measures 

The next series of tables and charts present specific outputs and efficiency measures for 

the Oregon HIDTA Program. 

Table 1 – DTOs Identified, Targeted, Disrupted, or Dismantled, 2005 

HIDTA Law Enforcement Initiatives for 2005 at Oregon HIDTA 

Year DTOs 

Identified 

Total 

Targeted

# 

Disrupted

% of 

Targeted 

Disrupted

# 

Dismantled 

% of 

Targeted 

Dismantled

Begin 2005 62 52 19 37% 5 10% 

During 2005 40 40 19 48% 12 30% 

Total 2005 102 92 38 41% 17 18% 

Table 2 – DTOs Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 2005 

HIDTA DTOs Disrupted or Dismantled, for 2005, at Oregon HIDTA [ALL DTOs; MLOs included] 

Scope # 

Identified 

# 

Targeted 

# 

Disrupted

% of 

Targeted 

Disrupted

# 

Dismantled

% of 

Targeted 

Dismantled 

Total 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled

Total % 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled

International 30 26 17 65% 3 12% 20 77% 

Multi-state 36 35 8 23% 8 23% 16 46% 

Local 36 31 13 42% 6 19% 19 61% 

Total 102 92 38 41% 17 18% 55 60% 

Table 3 – Money Laundering Organizations Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 2005 

HIDTA Money Laundering Organizations Disrupted or Dismantled, for 2005, at Oregon HIDTA 

Scope 

# 

Identified 

MLOs 

# 

Targeted 

# 

Disrupted

% of 

Targeted 

Disrupted

# 

Dismantled

% of 

Targeted 

Dismantled 

Total 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled

Total % 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled

International 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 

Multi-state 2 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 

Local 1 1 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 

Total 3 3 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 
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Table 4 – Operational Scope of All DTO Cases Opened in 2005 

HIDTA Operational Scope, 2005, at Oregon HIDTA 

Scope # Cases 

Opened 

# CPOT 

Cases 

# RPOT 

Cases 

# OCDETF 

Cases 

% OCDETF of 

Total Cases 

International 10 2 0 8 80% 

Multi-state 3 0 0 0 0% 

Local 7 0 0 0 0% 

Total 20 2 0 8 40% 

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Seizing drugs from a DTO is like eliminating inventories from a corporate sales 

warehouse or department, leaving it with nothing to market. During CY 2005, the Oregon 

HIDTA had a significant impact on the region’s drug trade through its drug seizures. 

Table 5 lists the wholesale values of the respective drugs seized, thus giving a highly 

accurate and true depiction of the economic impact of removing these drugs from the 

marketplace. 

Table 5 – HIDTA Drugs Removed from the Marketplace in 2005
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Changes in drugs seized from CY2004 to CY2005 

Drug Seized 

Quantity 

Seized in 

CY2004 

CY2004 

Wholesale 

Value 

Quantity 

Seized in 

CY2005 

CY2005 

Wholesale 

Value 

Heroin kg 70 $1,465,800 7.355 $147,100

Cocaine hcl kg 24 $428,400 57.555 $1,093,545

Crack cocaine kg NR NR .022 $429

Marijuana kg 433 $2,857,800 753.657 $5,275,599

Marijuana plants 4,760 $5,712,000 45,484 $36,100,001

Methamphetamine kg 52 $689,580 13.332 $173,316

Methamphetamine ice kg NR NR 50.945 $1,171,735

Ecstasy (MDMA) DU 2,492 $24,920 33,885 $211,781

Psilocybin kg 1 $915 .71 $649

Marijuana Grows 88 NA 110 NA

Hashish kg NR NA .14 $426

Pseudoephedrine kg NR NR 153.882 $369,316

Khat kg NR NR 25.8 $9,030

Hydrocodone DU NR NR 3260 $16,300

Morphine DU NR NR 37 $185

Methadone DU NR NR 739 $3,695

Oxycontin/Oxycodone DU NR NR 391 $1,955

Codeine DU NR NR 470 $2,350

Carisoprodol DU NR NR 11,308 $56,540

Vicodin DU NR NR 4,633 $23,165

Other Controlled DU NR NR 5,222 $10,444

Total: $11,179,415 Total: $44,667,697

 

*NR = Not Reported 

*Wholesale Value Sources for Oregon: NDIC, DEA, WSIN 

Table 6 – Return on Investment for Drugs Removed from the Marketplace in 2005 
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Table7 – Return on Investment for Assets Removed from the Marketplace in 2005 

Table 8 – Total Return on Investment for Drugs and Assets Removed from the 

Marketplace in 2005 

Table 9 – Prosecution Initiative Outputs in 2005 

HIDTA Cost per Investigation by Year at Oregon HIDTA HIDTA 

Year Investigations 

Baseline 

Investigations 

Projected 

Investigations 

Handled 

% 

Handled

2004 291 291 291 100% 

2005 291 291 316 109% 
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Table 10 – Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled in 2005 

Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories Dismantled by Size for Year 2005, at 

Oregon HIDTA 

Meth Cost Per Ounce $950.00 

Lab Size ID/Targeted Dismantled Value of Labs Dismantled

A. Less than 2 Oz 58 58 $110,200.00 

B. 2 - 8 Oz 1 1 $4,750.00 

C. 9 - 31 Oz 6 6 $71,250.00 

D. 32 - 159 Oz 0 0 $0.00 

E. 10 - 20 Lbs 0 0 $0.00 

F. Over 20 Lbs 1 1 $304,000.00 

Total 66 66 $490,200.00 

Table 11 – HIDTA Clandestine Methamphetamine Lab Activities in 2005 

HIDTA Clandestine Activities for Oregon HIDTA, in 2005 

Baseline # Projected # Identified % Identified

Laboratory Dump Sites Seized 12 12 10 84% 

Chemical/Glassware Equipment Seizures 5 5 6 120% 

Persons Affected: 

Children 0 0 276 0% 

*Source Data for Tables 10 and 11 are from EPIC records, OSIN records, and initiative 

quarterly reports. 
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Table 12 – HIDTA Training Efficiency by Type of Training for Year 2005 

HIDTA Training Efficiency by Type of Training for Year 

# Students 

Targeted for 

Training 

# Students 

Actually 

Trained 

# Training Hours 

Actually 

Provided 

Total Training Cost Training Cost per Hour 

Type of Training 

2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 

% 

Change 

2004-

2005 

Analytical/ 

Computer 104 100 104 46 2,495 1,078 $25,156 $15,461 $10 $14 +40% 

Investigative/ 

Interdiction 158 204 158 451 3,780 10,362 $38,115 $23,425 $10 $2 - 80% 

Management/ 

Administrative 53 81 53 92 1,285 860 $12,958 $7,964 $10 $9 - 10% 

Basic 

Intelligence - 

Oregon State 

Intelligence 

Network 

470 400 470 246 1880 104 $0 $0 $0 $0 0% 

Total 

Table 13 – Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event and Case Deconfliction Services 

for Year 2005 

Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event and 

Case Deconfliction Services for Year 

Year 

Total 

HIDTA 

Initiatives

# 

Initiatives 

Targeted 

to Use 

Services 

# 

Initiatives 

Using 

% 

Initiatives 

Using 

2004 12 11 11 100% 

2005 13 11 11 100% 
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Table 14 – Percentage of Event and Case Deconflictions Submitted for Year 2004 and 2005 

Percentage of Event and Case Deconflictions Submitted for Year 

Year 

Baseline # 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

# 

Deconfliction 

Submissions 

Targeted 

# Event 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

# 

Case/Subject 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

Total 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

% 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

2004 24,127 24,795 668 24,127 24,795 100% 

2005 24,127 20,688 1,329 28,745 30,074 146% 

Table 15 – Percentage of Cases Provided Analytical Support for Year 2004 and 2005 

Percentage of Cases Provided Analytical Support for Year 

Year 

Baseline # 

Cases 

Receiving 

Analytical 

Support 

# Cases 

Targeted 

for 

Analytical 

Support 

# Cases 

Provided 

Analytical 

Support 

% Targeted 

Cases 

Supported 

2004 250 250 250 100% 

2005 250 275 289 105% 

Table 16 – Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Cases Referred to Other HIDTAs and Other 

Agencies for Year 2004 and 2005 

Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Cases Referred to Other HIDTAs and Other 

Agencies for Year 

Year 

Total 

HIDTA 

Initiative 

Cases 

# 

Initiative 

Cases 

Targeted 

for 

Referral 

# HIDTA 

Initiative 

Cases 

Referred to 

Other 

HIDTAs 

# HIDTA 

Initiative 

Cases 

Referred to 

Other 

Agencies 

Total 

Initiative 

Cases 

Referred 

% 

Targeted 

Initiative 

Cases 

Referred 

2004 724 NR NR NR NR NR 

2005 1,038 5 15 51 66 7% 

*Numerous cases get referred by Oregon HIDTA initiatives to other HIDTAs and other 

law enforcement agencies; however, this data has been completely tracked by the Oregon 

HIDTA initiatives. The above numbers are only those reported. 
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Table 17 – Fugitives Targeted and Apprehended – Threat Related Table Year 2004 and 

2005 

Oregon HIDTA Fugitives Targeted and Apprehended by Year 

Year # Identified # Targeted 

% 

Targeted 

of 

Identified 

# Apprehended Apprehended % of 

Targeted 

2004 260 165 63% 119 72% 

2005 313 313 100% 280 90% 

VII. Conclusions 

The challenge for law enforcement agencies in Oregon continues to be related to a lack of 

available law enforcement personnel that enables resources to be deployed strategically to 

balance drug enforcement efforts which simultaneously target low-level drug traffickers and 

users, midlevel distributors, and the DTOs providing the supply of illegal products. 

Each of the levels of drug crimes (user level, mid-level sales, and upper-level 

organizations) are intimately linked together and therefore investigative information needs to be 

acquired through investigation and enforcement from all levels and shared with federal, state, 

and local law enforcement locally, regionally, and nationally. 

The Oregon HIDTA Program funding awarded to Oregon drug task forces by the Office 

of National Drug Control Policy greatly assists federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies 

to implement the Oregon HIDTA Counter-Drug Strategy and provide effective, efficient law 

enforcement collaboration, information sharing, and aggressive drug enforcement and 

prosecution. 

For every enforcement dollar ($1.00) authorized by Congress for the Oregon 

HIDTA in 2005 (total $2,825,085), law enforcement has removed seventeen dollars ($17.00) 

worth of illegal drugs and drug proceeds (total $48,023,934) from the drug organizations 

and the consumers in our communities and neighborhoods. (Refer to Table #8). This 

represents a significant return on investment and demonstrates an effective use of taxpayer 

dollars.

 

 
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VIII. Appendices 

A. Table of Organization for the HIDTA. 

B. Table listing composition of Executive Board showing local, state and federal affiliation. 

C. List of participating agencies. 

IX. List of Tables and Charts 

Table 1 - DTOs Identified, Disrupted, or Dismantled, 2005 ........................................................ 27 

Table 2 - Percentage of DTOs Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 2005 .................................... 27 

Table 3 - Percentage of Money Laundering Organizations Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 

2005....................................................................................................................................... 27 

Table 4 - Operational Scope of All DTO Cases Initiated, 2005 ................................................... 28 

Table 5 - Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005 ............................................................... 29 

Table 6 - Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs Removed from the Marketplace by Law 

Enforcement Initiatives, 2005............................................................................................... 30 

Table 7 - Return on Investment (ROI) for Assets Removed from the Marketplace by Law 

Enforcement Initiatives, 2005............................................................................................... 31 

Table 8 - Total Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs and Assets Removed from the 

Marketplace by Law Enforcement Initiatives, 2005............................................................. 31 

Table 9 - Prosecution Initiative Outputs, 2005 ............................................................................. 31 

Table 10 - Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled in 2005, by Size ............. 32 

Table 11 - Clandestine Laboratory Activities, 2005..................................................................... 32 

Table 12 – Oregon HIDTA Training Efficiency by Year and Type of Training 2004 and 2005..33 

Table 13 - Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event and Case Deconfliction Services, 2004 

and 2005................................................................................................................................ 33 

Table 14 - Percentage of Event and Case Deconflictions Submitted, 2004 and 2005.................. 34 

Table 15 - Percentage of Investigations Provided Analytical Support, 2004 and 2005 ............... 34 

Table 16 - Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Investigations Referred to Other HIDTAs and Other 

Agencies, 2004 and 2005 ..................................................................................................... 34 

Table 17 - Fugitives Targeted and Apprehended 2004 and 2005 - Threat Related Table..........35 

X. Endnotes - Cite the sources of essential information referenced in this 

report. 

A. HIDTA DTO database 

B. Quarterly Activity Reports from Oregon HIDTA Initiatives 

C. ISC databases 

D. Initiative databases 

E. Initiative managers and participants 

F. NDIC 
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Appendices

A. Table of Organization for the Oregon HIDTA 

► ONDCP

 

►Oregon HIDTA Executive Board 

 

► Oregon HIDTA Director 

Administrative Financial/Program Analyst 

 Office Specialist 

 Accountant (OSP) 

 

 ► Oregon HIDTA Initiatives (# staff-full-time)

 Administrative (3) 

Intelligence Support Center ISC (30)

Training Initiative OSP (2) 

Deschutes County CODE Task Force (24) 

Douglas County DINT Task Force (22) 

Jackson County HIDTA Task Force (28) 

Marion County DEA Meth Task Force (34) 

Multnomah County FBI – ROCN Heroin Task Force (14) 

Multnomah County ROCN BC Bud Task Force (8) 

Multnomah County ROCN Cocaine/Meth Task Force (10) 

Multnomah County PIT Interdiction Task Force (16) 

Multnomah County U.S. Marshal Service (15) 

Washington County WIN Meth Task Force (30) 

 

B. Oregon HIDTA Executive Board Composition by Agency 

The agency composition of the Oregon HIDTA Executive Board is as follows: 

1. Federal - Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

2. Federal - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 

3. Federal - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 

4. Federal - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

5. Federal - United States Attorney’s Office (USA) 

6. Federal - United States Marshal Service (USMS) 

7. Federal - United States Postal Inspection Service (USPS) 

8. Federal - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

9. Local - Clackamas County Sheriff (CCSO) 

10. Local - Douglas County Sheriff (DCSO) 

11. Local - Portland Police Chief (PPB) 

12. Local - Clackamas County District Attorney (CCDA) 

13. Local - Bend Police Chief (BPD) 

14. State - Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) 
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15. State - Oregon National Guard (ONG) 

16. State - Oregon State Police (OSP) 

State - Ex-Officio - Oregon Partnership (OP) 

State - Ex-Officio - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs of Oregon (ADAPO) 

C. List of Participating Agencies 

The number of full–time participants in the Oregon HIDTA Program are as follows:

Federal Law Enforcement: 29 

State Law Enforcement: 37 

Local Law Enforcement: 76 

National Guard: 5 

Total: 145 

Agencies with full-time participants in HIDTA Initiatives are as follows:

Federal agencies:

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 

United States Attorney’s Office (USA) 

United States Marshal Service (USMS) 

State agencies:

Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) 

Oregon National Guard (ONG) 

Oregon State Police (OSP) 

Local agencies:

Ashland Police Department (APD) 

Beaverton Police Department (BPD) 

Bend Police Department (BPD) 

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) 

Crook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) 

Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office (DCDA) 

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) 

Douglas County District Attorney’s Office (DCDA) 

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) 

Eagle Point Police Department (EPPD) 

Gresham Police Department (GPD) 

Hillsboro Police Department (HPD) 

Jackson County District Attorney (DCDA) 

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) 

Lake Oswego Police Department (LOPD) 

Marion County District Attorney (MCDA) 

Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) 

Medford Police Department (MPD) 

Milton-Freewater Police Department (MFPD) 

Morrow County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) 
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Multnomah County District Attorney (MDDA) 

Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) 

Pendleton Police Department (PPD) 

Portland Police Bureau (PPB) 

Prineville Police Department (PPD) 

Redmond Police Department (RPD) 

Roseburg Police Department (RPD) 

Salem Police Department (SPD) 

Sherwood Police Department (SPD) 

Tigard Police Department (TPD) 

Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO) 

Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO)