Nearly fourteen (14) pounds of of narcotics located during search of vehicle
JEFFERSON COUNTY, OR - The Oregon State Police is reporting that on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at about 12:53 P.M., an OSP Trooper stopped a vehicle for speeding on U.S. 97 near milepost 84, about 13 miles north of Madras. During the course of the stop, reasonable suspicion was developed for drug trafficking.
A search of the car revealed 11 bundles of narcotics in the trunk of the vehicle, with a gross weight of nearly 14 pounds, a preliminary test showed the narcotics to be Heroin.
The driver was identified as Tyler Facey (29) from Vancouver, Washington, along with a 23-year-old female passenger.
Tyler Facey was lodged in the Jefferson County Jail for:
- Various drug crimes
The female passenger was released.
This is an ongoing investigation with no further information being released.
OSP Troopers were assisted during the investigation by Detectives from the OSP-Criminal Investigations Division-Drug Enforcement Section (Domestic Highway Enforcement Initiative) and the US Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations (Medford).
The Oregon State Police-Domestic Highway Enforcement 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.
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