Sheriff: Portland teen arrested for selling cocaine, fentanyl-laced pills through Snapchat

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) – A teenager was arrested during a recent drug bust by the Clackamas County Inter-agency Task Force, according to the sheriff’s office.Investigators with the task force checked social media earlier this month for any illegal drug activity. The sheriff’s office says the task force has been seeing an increase in dealers freely advertising drugs for sale on social media platforms including Snapchat.The sheriff’s office said investigators posing as potential buyers quickly found someone selling counterfeit M30 pills, which are pressed oxycodone pills laced with potentially lethal amounts of other substances, including fentanyl. (Courtesy: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office) Investigators arranged a deal to purchase M30 pills and cocaine from the seller, identified by the sheriff’s office as 18-year-old Giovanni Smith, of Portland, at a meeting spot in Clackamas County.According to the sheriff’s office, Smith arrived at the meeting location with four boys between the ages of 16 and 17 in his vehicle. All five were taken into custody without incident.The cocaine was dumped inside the car by the suspects in an attempt to discard the evidence, the sheriff’s office said. In addition to the cocaine, investigators also found over 1,000 counterfeit M30 pills, two loaded guns, ammunition,…
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