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Portland police seize 46,000 Ecstasy pills in major bust

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by AP & kgw.com

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Updated Thursday, Nov 19 at 12:47 PM

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   PORTLAND, Ore. -- A police dog sniffed out a stash of 46,000 Ecstasy pills in a pickup truck during a traffic stop to help officers make one of the largest seizures of the drug in the history of the Portland Police Bureau.
   Police said the pickup was stopped on Interstate 5 about 12:15 a.m. Thursday and officers called for assistance from the canine detective, named "Nico."
   The dog found the pills hidden in a large truck box located in the bed of the pickup.
   The pills were estimated to be worth between $650,000 and $700,000.
  Suspects Steven M Jeter, 34 and James Joshua Thompson, 39, were arrested and booked in the Multnomah County Detention Center, police said.
 

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home2me said on November 19, 2009 at 1:37 PM

Holy Cats !! Plenty more where these came from.......you think ??

kalymi said on November 19, 2009 at 2:45 PM

I'd like to get my hands on some of that!

bob47 said on November 19, 2009 at 2:58 PM

More idiots getting pulled over for minor traffic violations when transporting drugs. But hey, if they were smart they wouldn’t be transporting drugs in the first place! =^)

cybersleuth said on November 19, 2009 at 4:14 PM

Yeah! Maybe other associated crimes will be reduced until the next flux of some self-serving drug comes along.

jesuswasmexican said on November 19, 2009 at 5:23 PM

NOT MEXICANS! And yes, if you're transporting enough X to send you to prison for 10-20 years, consider going the speed limit.. signalling... making sure all your lights function properly, etc etc. Good thinkg it wasn't meth, huh Gresham?

speakthetruth said on November 19, 2009 at 5:59 PM

The canine "officer" was summoned because??? In addition to driving according to the law, drug distributors are wise not to have a "suspicious-looking demeanor" about them, too. Try to look like a person who has a job and doesn't use illegal drugs, for starters. And don't be nervous!

shallowend said on November 20, 2009 at 8:32 AM

How about attempted murder charges (depraved indifference to Human Life) for every pill. With consecutive sentences of 10 years, that would get these filth 460,000 years each. Should be at hard labor forcing them to pay for their own incarceration.