BEND, OR -- An investigation that started at the San Francisco Air Mail facility with Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, has led to the arrest of a 49-year-old Bend man. The feds discovered a substantial amount of MDMA – also known as Ecstasy – in a package destined for Bend. They contacted the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, which executed a search warrant at an apartment on NE Lotus Drive, last week, along with detectives from the DCSO Street Crimes unit, Bend Police and Postal Inspectors.
They arrested Bryan Ross Thomas Boyden and seized evidence of his drug trade, including commercial quantities of LSD and MDMA, several firearms and "illicit financial records." Investigators believe he would purchase drugs from an overseas retailer via the Dark Web, then resell the product throughout Central Oregon.
Boyden faces a list of charges, including manufacturing, possessing and distributing drugs within a thousand feet of a school and money laundering.
