(Portland, OR) -- Federal agents have arrested a man for drug distribution. Thirty-one-year-old Baltazar Plata Bringas was arrested during a drug deal. Agents seized 17 bags of methamphetamine from his car. A search of his house found over 17 pounds of narcotics, guns and 25-thousand-dollars in cash. Plata Bringas pleaded not guilty. He's being held pending further court proceedings.