PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Nevada man pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to heading an Oregon-based drug trafficking organization, then laundering millions in profits through a Washington County business, authorities said.

Luis Antonio Beltran Arredondo was a Mexican national "unlawfully" living in North Las Vegas when he led a drug trafficking ring that brought pounds of heroin, fentanyl and meth into Oregon, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Investigators seized more than 52 pounds of heroin, seven pounds of fentanyl pills and nearly six pounds of methamphetamine in connection with the Portland metro area drug trafficking operation between October 2021 and January 2022, according to court documents.

Arredondo then conspired to launder $4.63 million in drug trafficking profit

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