Month Long Investigation Pays Off for Polk County Narcotics Team

Police say a search of the man's home revealed a loaded handgun, drugs and paraphernalia.

Carlos Ramirez faces six meth related charges Photo: Polk County Sheriff

(DALLAS, Ore.) - Polk County Sheriff's deputies took advantage of a traffic stop this week, serving a search warrant on a driver they pulled over Wednesday afternoon on Highway 22 near 50th Avenue in Dallas.

Around 3:20 PM Wednesday, a maroon Acura driven by 23-year old Carlos Ramirez was stopped by deputies who realized that the driver had a warrant for his arrest issued by the Polk County Inter-agency Narcotics Team. (POINT) The driver of this vehicle who was suspected of manufacturing/selling drugs.

Ramirez was served the search warrant and was searched at the traffic stop. During the search, the deputy found 11 packaged bags of what is believed to be crystal meth. At that point, Ramirez was arrested and transported to the Polk County Jail.

He was charged with three counts of Unlawful Delivery Methamphetamine and three counts of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine.

Polk County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Dean Bender says the POINT team with the assistance of the Meth Task Force Team out of Marion County, applied for a search warrant of Carlos Ramirez's apartment which was located on Coral Ave N.E. in Salem.

Bender says that during the search, the team found a loaded handgun in the bedroom, a small marijuana grow, glass pipes with residue, grow lights and plastic baggies with unknown pills.

Bail in the case was set at $35,000.00