69 guns seized in raid on Bend home; suspect facing ghost gun and automatic weapons charges

BEND-Law enforcement officers seized nearly 70 firearms—including automatic weapons and illegal “ghost guns”—during a search warrant execution at a home in Bend on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team began investigating 66-year-old Bend resident Eric Keith Testerman earlier this month following reports that he was manufacturing and selling untraceable firearms.

Around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, CODE detectives alongside the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team (CERT) raided a residence located on the 60000 block of Winnebago Lane in Bend. During the raid, officers recovered 69 firearms, manufacturing tools, and equipment used to craft unserialized weapons onsite…

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