A drug distributor who was stopped near Tigard with more than 44 pounds of methamphetamine and 820 grams of fentanyl pills will spend more than 11 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced Tuesday, July 15.

The sentence was handed down the previous week.

Carlos Manuel Perez Lopez, 43, received a 136-month sentence and five years of supervised release. The Westside Interagency Narcotics Team, a multi-agency task force that includes a Beaverton Police Department sergeant and detective, was among the agencies that investigated the case.

The investigation began in September 2024, when DEA task force investigators identified Perez Lopez as a "large-scale local drug distributor," federal prosecutors said.

After learning he expected a shipment, investigators followed him to a truck stop in Aurora, where he briefly met two men near a blue semi-truck with Mexican license plates and a temporary tag from Texas.

After the meeting, investigators stopped Perez Lopez near Tigard. He was alone in his Camry. A drug-detection dog alerted on the vehicle, and investigators seized the meth and fentanyl pills from inside.

While one team detained Perez Lopez, a second group followed the semi-truck north from Aurora. It stopped at a public rest stop near Wilsonville, roughly three miles away. The truck's occupants abandoned the vehicle while it was still running. Investigators searched the cab and seized nearly 210 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in suitcases.

Combined, the two seizures totaled more than 250 pounds of meth, along with the fentanyl pills.

Perez Lopez was charged Sept. 14, 2024, with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

He pleaded guilty in April 2026 to a superseding charge of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul T. Maloney prosecuted the case. In addition to the DEA and the WIN Team, the Tigard Police Department, Washington County Sheriff's Office, and Sherwood Police Department were involved in the investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The WIN Team was formed in 1993 and includes personnel from the Beaverton and Hillsboro police departments, the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the Oregon National Guard Counter-Drug Program, the DEA, and Homeland Security Investigations.

The team targets mid- to high-level drug trafficking in Washington County, according to BPD.

The two men Perez Lopez met at the Aurora truck stop and the occupants who fled the semi-truck near Wilsonville have not been publicly identified. It is unclear whether they face charges.

Residents with information about suspected drug activity in Washington County can report it to WIN Team investigators at washingtoncountyor.gov/sheriff.