Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team
Drug agents seized heroin, methamphetamine in Hwy. 97 traffic stop south of Madras
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Central Oregon drug agents made a traffic stop on Highway 97 south of Madras, arrested a 65-year-old Redmond man and seized methamphetamine, heroin and other evidence, officials said Thursday.
Around 11:20 last Thursday morning, Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team detectives, assisted by Madras police, contacted and arrested the man as he drove a gray Volvo, accompanied by a woman and infant, Lt. Ken Mannix said.
The man’s arrest followed a short investigation by the CODE team into his alleged trafficking of meth and heroin throughout Central Oregon, Mannix said.
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Bend man arrested on warrant; nearly 3 pounds of hidden meth seized
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Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team displays methamphetamine found in parked vehicle
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man wanted for parole violation was arrested Monday evening in a parked vehicle where drug detectives found nearly three pounds of hidden methamphetamine and other evidence of drug sales, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team reported Tuesday.
CODE Team detectives arrested the 35-year-old man around 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Healy Height Apartments at 1900 Southeast Bear Creek Road, Lt. Ken Mannix said.
The man was known to have an outstanding felony arrest warrant for parole violation, Mannix said, and was taken into custody without incident as he sat in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle.
A large police operation aimed at drug trafficking in Central Oregon recently took down several people suspected of supplying the region with heroin and methamphetamine. But law enforcement officials say one of the regionâs more prolific drug traffickers is still on the loose, and they fear she is now outside the region.
Krista Jeanne Vela, 37, of Bend, has been arrested several times before with large quantities of narcotics. On Dec. 3, sheâs said to have slipped away while three people allegedly involved in a drug pickup were arrested.
âIs she the top dealer in our area? No, but she is one of the bigger ones,â said Lt. Ken Mannix of the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement task force. âOf course, when one falls, thereâs always one or two who pop right up to take their place.â
Big C.O. drug ring broken up; 3 arrests, Bend woman on the run, CODE Team says
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Deschutes County Jail (Vela/2019 photo)
Krista Vela (upper L) eluded arrest by Central Oregon drug agents who arrested Lonny Baker, Jeral Johns and Stormy Wooldridge.
SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – Four people – one a fugitive – face felony drug charges after Central Oregon drug agents broke up a trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin throughout the region, state and elsewhere, officials said Wednesday.
The one local suspect, Krista Vela, 37, of Bend, has warrants out for her arrest.