Deschutes County, Ore. – On Thursday, September 8, 2016, detectives assigned to the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team and detectives with the Long Beach, California Police Department contacted and arrested the listed individuals in separate locations in the City of Bend, and the City of Long Beach, CA.
The arrests were the result of a long term investigation by the CODE team into the illegal trafficking of commercial quantities of cocaine by Bend resident, Devin Pohl, age 40, Clinton Cooper, age 45 of Bend, and Michael Henriquez-Velo, age 55, of Long Beach California throughout the Deschutes County region.
The investigation determined that Pohl and Cooper were working in partnership to purchase large quantities of cocaine from Henriquez-Veloz on a regular basis. Henriquez-Veloz was sending commercial amounts of cocaine to Pohl and Cooper on a regular basis via commercial shipping carriers.
Detectives contacted Pohl in a parking lot in west Bend after he had picked up a shipment of cocaine. Pohl was taken into custody at this time without incident and was found to be in possession of approximately 6.6 ounces of cocaine and U.S. currency. Following the arrest of Pohl and based on evidence gathered throughout the investigation, detectives with CODE and investigators with the Long Beach, California Police Department then executed three residential search warrants, two of them within the City of Bend and one in the City of Long Beach, CA.
The search warrants in Bend included the home of Pohl and Cooper. Evidence seized during those search warrants included evidence of the crimes of the sales and manufacturing of cocaine. During a search of Henriquez-Veloz residence in Long Beach, investigators seized ½ pound of cocaine, $17,000 in U.S. currency and a firearm.
As the investigation continued, detectives learned Pohl had leased commercial office space in the downtown Bend area. A subsequent search of this location by detectives on this same date led to the seizure of additional evidence of the crimes of the unlawful manufacture and distribution of cocaine. This included, approximately 2.2 ounces of cocaine, scales, packaging material, LSD stamps, MDMA tablets, and U.S. currency.
Pohl and Cooper were lodged at the Deschutes County Adult Jail on the below listed charges. Henriquez-Veloz was lodged at the Los Angeles County, CA Adult Jail on the below listed charges.
Charges:
Devin Pohl:
• DCS/MCS (cocaine) within 1000’ of a school
• PCS (cocaine)
• PCS (MDMA)
• PCS (schedule 1 controlled substance)
• Money Laundering
• Engaging in Unlawful Financial Activity
• Endangering the Welfare of a Minor x2
Clinton Cooper:
• PCS/MCS/DCS (cocaine)
• Money Laundering
Michel Henriquez-Veloz:
• PCS/MCS (cocaine)
• Felony Weapons Charge
