Federal agents investigating a suspected fentanyl trafficking network in Portland were astonished to find the putative local leaders: two teenagers working from a Tualatin home.
Drug Enforcement Administration officials, armed with a search warrant, invaded the home in mid-October 2024. The federal agents apprehended one teen while the other fled. They also detained two adult men in the house.
The search uncovered what a federal prosecutor described as a “staggering” amount of drugs: more than 40 pounds of fentanyl in pill and powder form…