‘Massive’ ghost gun manufacturing operation found in Oregon raid, feds say – By Maxine Bernstein (The Oregonian/OregonLive) / March 17, 2022
A federal raid this week turned up evidence that a 29-year-old man was running a “massive” ghost gun operation from the basement of his mother’s house in Salem and distributing counterfeit pills made of fentanyl in exchange for other guns, prosecutors said Thursday.
Agents from the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, working with Salem police, seized 63 guns from the home Tuesday in what they believe is the largest ghost gun manufacturing enterprise found in Oregon.
The guns and gun parts were found amid approximately 200 counterfeit blue M30 oxycontin pills suspected to be made from potent fentanyl along with a small quantity of suspected heroin, according to court records.
Tyler Ray Harnden was indicted Thursday on two counts of distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was living in a basement bedroom at his mother’s home, authorities said
