OSP TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO SEIZURE OF 20 LBS OF LIQUID METHAMPHETAMINE, ARREST OF CALIFORNIA MAN - HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF MADRAS (PHOTO)
News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: October 4th, 2014 4:28 PM
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An Oregon State Police (OSP) traffic stop Friday afternoon along Highway 97 north of Madras led to the arrest of a California man after a trooper found approximately 20 pounds of liquid methamphetamine concealed in the rental car. The OSP Drug Enforcement Section is continuing the investigation.
On October 3, 2014 at approximately 3:57 p.m., an OSP senior trooper stopped a rented 2013 Hyundai Elantra displaying California license plates for a speed violation in a construction zone on Highway 97 near NE Elm Lane in Jefferson County. During the traffic stop the driver was identified as SILVESTRE RIVERA FERNANDEZ, age 25, from South Gate, California.
Subsequent investigation during the traffic stop led the trooper to discover 3 vacuum sealed bags concealed in the vehicle with a substance that was determined to liquid methamphetamine. Total weight of the liquid methamphetamine was approximately 20 pounds, which can later be converted to a solid form of methamphetamine. Estimated value is pending confirmation.
RIVERA FERNANDEZ was taken into custody without incident and lodged in the Jefferson County Jail for Unlawful Possession and Delivery of a Controlled Substance - Methamphetamine.
OSP troopers from Madras and Bend offices were assisted by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, OSP Drug Enforcement Section.
Photograph Sources:
Liquid Methamphetamine - Oregon State Police
Rivera Fernandez - Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
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On October 3, 2014 at approximately 3:57 p.m., an OSP senior trooper stopped a rented 2013 Hyundai Elantra displaying California license plates for a speed violation in a construction zone on Highway 97 near NE Elm Lane in Jefferson County. During the traffic stop the driver was identified as SILVESTRE RIVERA FERNANDEZ, age 25, from South Gate, California.
Subsequent investigation during the traffic stop led the trooper to discover 3 vacuum sealed bags concealed in the vehicle with a substance that was determined to liquid methamphetamine. Total weight of the liquid methamphetamine was approximately 20 pounds, which can later be converted to a solid form of methamphetamine. Estimated value is pending confirmation.
RIVERA FERNANDEZ was taken into custody without incident and lodged in the Jefferson County Jail for Unlawful Possession and Delivery of a Controlled Substance - Methamphetamine.
OSP troopers from Madras and Bend offices were assisted by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, OSP Drug Enforcement Section.
Photograph Sources:
Liquid Methamphetamine - Oregon State Police
Rivera Fernandez - Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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