On Wednesday morning, March 30th, the Grants Pass Police Department assisted detectives from the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement team and the Medford Area Drug Gang Enforcement in an arrest and seizure of a large amount of multiple drugs, and a weapon.
Authorities arrested 42 year old Jose Rios-Beltran of Stockton, California on northbound Interstate 5, near the Grants Pass exit, for possession with intent to distribute 5,030 Fentanyl pills, 1 pound of Heroin, 3.5 grams of Methamphetamine, and a handgun.
Rios-Beltran was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on multiple felony charges including felon in possession of a firearm.