RADE Search Warrant Nets Drugs, Guns, Money and Arrests of Three Suspects
The Grants Pass Police Department assisted Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this week with the arrests of three people associated with a local drug trafficking enterprise.
On Thursday around 9 a.m., RADE and the DEA served a search warrant in the 1800-block of NW Burns Avenue in Grants Pass.
The search warrant revealed approximately four pounds of fentanyl, about $35,000 in suspected illegal drug proceeds, 13 firearms -- three of them stolen, more than 12 ounces of methamphetamine, an ounce of cocaine, an ounce of psilocybin mushrooms and other controlled substances.
GPPD reports 47-year-old Brandon Gregory Ruppel and 52-year-old Laura Jean Berry were arrested and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Manufacture and Delivery of Controlled Substances within 1,000 Feet of a School, Possession of a Schedule 2 Controlled Substance and Felon in Possession of a Weapon.
An additional occupant of the residence -- 50-year-old Jason Ruppel -- was cited to appear in court and released for multiple drug and firearms charges.
RADE is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force that identifies, disrupts and dismantles local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations using an intelligence-driven, multi-agency, prosecutor-supported approach.
Posted on 4/20/24 6:20AM by Sam Marsh
