DOUGLAS COUNTY, OR – The Oregon State Police (OSP) is reporting that one hundred (100) pounds of fentanyl-laced pills were seized Tuesday by an OSP trooper. The illegal substances were being transported to a delivery destination in Portland.
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at about 1:00 p.m., an Oregon State Trooper stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Interstate 5 in Douglas County. Upon contact with the operator of the vehicle —a silver Volkswagen SUV, the trooper suspected possible criminal activity and received consent to search the vehicle.
During the search, the trooper discovered and seized one hundred (100) pounds of fentanyl-laced pills from inside the vehicle –approximately 450,000 individual doses. The suspect acknowledged the pills were destined for Portland.
Due to the large quantity of illegal substances seized, the suspect, Gustavo Alonso Franco Valenzuela (32) of Los Angeles (CA), was arrested and federally charged with:
- Delivery of a controlled substance
The investigation is ongoing, and no additional information is available for release at this time.
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OSP Domestic Highway Enforcement Initiative
The Oregon State Police-Domestic Highway Enforcement (OSP-DHE) Initiative is supported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates with and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement initiatives, including the OSP-DHE Initiative.
