A city sweep of a homeless camp near Southeast 103rd Avenue and Southeast Foster Boulevard ended with 12 arrests on March 3, as Portland police and city contractors cleared the site of tents, tarps and debris. Officers processed the scene while some people at the camp accepted offers of shelter services and others were taken into custody.
Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Mike Benner told OregonLive that most of the arrests were tied to outstanding warrants and that officers seized roughly nine grams of suspected fentanyl during the operation. Benner added that other people at the campsite accepted shelter services as city contractors finished clearing the area on March 3, calling it “unusual for police to arrest 12 people at one location.”
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