Federal law enforcement has been cracking down on traffickers of drugs and firearms, leading to more than a dozen indictments of people in the Portland metropolitan area this month.
So far, 17 people have landed federal charges in October. The charges range from dealing significant amounts of methamphetamine to transferring rifles to other people with the knowledge, according to prosecutors, that the gun could be used in a crime. Agents seized 18 firearms from a single Oregon City home where a suspected drug dealer lived, according to one indictment.
The spree of indictments follows a five-week mission jointly led by local law enforcement and federal agencies, including the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. More indictments could follow, according to Scott Bradford, U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon…