Strategic Investigations Unit Makes Arrest and Takes 10 Pounds of Meth Off the Streets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 7, 2026
CONTACT: Salem Police Communications Office | [email protected]

SALEM, Ore. -- On April 6, 2026, at approximately 11:43 p.m., detectives from the Strategic Investigations Unit arrested Luis Montes-Jimenez, 39, of Gresham, following a narcotics investigation on Mission Street SE.

During the investigation, officers contacted Montes-Jimenez, who was driving a vehicle at the time. A search warrant was obtained for the vehicle, and during the subsequent search, approximately 10 pounds of methamphetamine was located concealed in the vehicle.

Montes-Jimenez was lodged at Marion County Jail on charges of Unlawful Delivery and Possession of Methamphetamine.

The investigation is ongoing, and further inquiries should be directed to the Marion County District Attorney's Office.

In 2025 and to date in 2026, the Strategic Investigations Unit, in partnership with the ATF, FBI, DEA through a Safe Streets Task Force, has seized more than 140 pounds of Methamphetamine, and multiple pounds of other illicit drugs, to include 18 pounds of Fentanyl in both powder and pill form.

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