Washington County's WIN Team Makes Another Large Fentanyl Seizure

The Washington County Sheriff's Office Westside Interagency Narcotics (WIN) Team recovered 130,000 fentanyl pills with a total weight of 15.2kg. The street value of the fentanyl pills is approximately $400,000.

In March of this year, the WIN Team partnered with the Portland Homeland Security Investigation Office in a fentanyl pill trafficking investigation. During the investigation, investigators learned a drug trafficker was traveling to a destination in Washington County with fentanyl pills. Oregon State Police located and stopped the drug trafficker. Investigators searched the vehicle and located approximately 130,000 fentanyl pills, with a total weight of 15.2kg. The street value of the fentanyl pills is roughly $400,000.

The case is ongoing, and no additional information will be released.

This was the second large-scale fentanyl seizure by the WIN Team for 2023. As investigators continue to see an increase in the volume of fentanyl entering the community, they want everyone to be aware of the dangers of the growing fentanyl epidemic.

To help further educate the community, the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) will join the Beaverton School District (BSD) in their upcoming Community Conversation about Fentanyl.

BSD was one of the first school districts in the country to address the fentanyl crisis through their educational campaign "Fake and Fatal: One Pill Can Kill." The district will host a Community Conversation About Fentanyl on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. This in-person event will be held at the District Administrative Office at 1260 NW Waterhouse Avenue in Beaverton or viewed via live stream on the district's YouTube channel.

Panelists will include Jon and Jennifer Epstein, Beaverton parents who lost their son, Cal, to fentanyl poisoning in 2020 and have since become national advocates for fentanyl education; Kristen Gustafson, a BSD health educator who has been instrumental in developing the district's fentanyl-specific lessons; Bethany Wright-Kuhns, a BSD educator in charge of the district's Drug and Alcohol Intervention Program; and Sgt. Daniel DiPietro with the Washington County Sheriff's Office. KOIN's Jenny Hansson will moderate the event.

BSD and WCSO invite all parents and students (appropriate for grades 6-12) to attend in person or online. Feel free to submit questions for the panelists in advance by completing this form.