Agents from the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, working with Salem police, seized 63 firearms from the home and approximately 200 counterfeit oxycontin pills, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
Police sirens in operation. Blue and red flash lights of emergency car in action. Police crew with the siren lights on emergency alert.SALEM, Ore. — A man was running a “massive” so-called “ghost gun” operation from his mother’s house in Salem, Oregon, and distributing counterfeit pills made of fentanyl in exchange for other guns, prosecutors said.
Agents from the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, working with Salem police, seized 63 firearms from the home this week amid approximately 200 counterfeit oxycontin pills, suspected to be made from fentanyl and heroin, The Oregonian/OregonLiveGhost guns are homemade firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often bought without a background check.
Harnden has not made his first appearance in federal court yet and remains in custody in Marion County on a pending state charge. It wasn’t immediately known if he has a lawyer to comment on his behalf. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel, chief of the office’s criminal division, said the investigation is “wide-ranging and ongoing.”More news from KIRO 7