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Bend Pair Arrested In CODE Team Operation

REDMOND, OR -- Two men from Bend were arrested after a brief chase northeast of Redmond Thursday night. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team reports it was the result of a longer-term investigation.

In collaboration with the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, the CODE team tried to pull over a vehicle near NE 33rd and Smith Rock Way Thursday, just after 10:30 p.m. Detectives say the driver refused to pull over, but eventually hit a bump and went drove off the road near NE 33rd and O'Neil Hwy. The vehicle hit rocks and debris and got stuck. 

The driver, 48-year-old Andrew Giordano, and passenger, 47-year-old Eric Reinwald, were uninjured and arrested. Detectives searched the vehicle and Giordano's Bend home and say they found commercial quanities of fentanyl and methamphetamine, cash and other evidence related to drug distribution. 

Both men face numerous charges, including drug possession and delivery. 

 

Photo provided by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team

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