BEND, OR -- Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) detectives, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit and SWAT raided what officials called a clandestine drug lab in northeast Bend Wednesday morning. They executed a search warrant at a duplex on the 1400 block of NE Tucson Way at about 8 a.m.
During the search, investigators say they found an active lab alleged to extractDimethyltryptamine (DMT) on the property. DMT is the prototypical indolethylamine hallucinogen - an engineered psychedelic. Authorities say illicit DMT labs present serious concerns over possible fires, explosions, and chemical burns. The scene is currently stable, and no evacuations have been ordered. However, investigators ask the public to avoid the area as the investigation continues.
The Oregon State Police Clandestine Lab Team, Oregon Health Authority, and the Oregon DEQ are helping to safely deactivating, dismantling, and decontaminating the lab.
Four people were arrested:
Matthew C Carroll, age 34, of Bend
- Manufacturing a Controlled Substance Within 1000 Feet of a School
- Distribution of a Controlled Substance Within 1000 Feet of a School
- Frequenting a Place with Controlled Substances
Sherri Hope Price, age 56, of Bend
- Manufacturing a Controlled Substance Within 1000 Feet of a School
- Distribution of a Controlled Substance Within 1000 Feet of a School
- Frequenting a Place with Controlled Substances
- Five Outstanding Arrest Warrants
Steve Leonard Kearney, age 56, of Bend
- Frequenting a Place with Controlled Substances
Justin Montoya, of Bend
- Manufacturing a Controlled Substance Within 1000 Feet of a School
- Distribution of a Controlled Substance Within 1000 Feet of a School
- Frequenting a Place with Controlled Substance
- Parole Violation
