Oxnard-- On Thursday, September 14, the Oxnard Police Department’s (OPD) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), Violent Crimes Unit (VCU), and the Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) conducted directed enforcement into suspected narcotic tracking occurring within the city.
THE directed enforcement resulted in the arrest of Brandon Flores, a 41-year-old Ventura resident. When contacted by officers with the SEU, Flores possessed a half-pound of suspected methamphetamine and over an ounce of suspected fentanyl, both packaged for sale.
Flores has numerous felony convictions for narcotic sales and was booked at the Ventura County Sheriff ’s Office – Pretrial Detention Facility for narcotic-related charges.
The amount of suspected fentanyl seized from Flores allows for the consumption of over 600 doses.
The Drug Enforcement Administration states, “Fentanyl is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine, and 50 times more potent than heroin as a painkiller.”
TheOxnardPoliceDepartment’s Drug Enforcement Unit, Violent Crimes Unit, and Special Enforcement Unit are comprised of officers and detectives federally deputized as Task Force Officers by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These Task Force Officers are assigned to the Ventura County Criminal Investigation Division and are in charge of investigating violations of the drug and criminal laws of the United States of…
