Six Men Disguised as DEA Arrested for Robbing Oregon Marijuana Operation

The U.S. attorney in Oregon has charged six men with disguising themselves as U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents during an armed robbery of marijuana. The six men from San Antonio, Texas, have been charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to recently unsealed court documents, in the afternoon of March 12, 2022, local law enforcement officers were dispatched to a rural address in Josephine County, Oregon after receiving reports of a possible armed robbery in progress. Minutes later, officers arrived on scene to find a residence where two empty vehicles were running in the driveway with all their doors open. The officers observed multiple individuals believed to be the suspects running away toward the back of the property. Officers observed body armor, badges, firearms, ammunition, and shell casings dumped all along the path where the suspects had fled. Back inside the residence, Officers found victims who told them that multiple armed individuals dressed in DEA attire and wearing body armor arrived at the property and restrained several of the victims with zip ties and duct tape. Officers found numerous plastic totes containing packaged marijuana in the idling vehicles, along with more of the fake DEA equipment, firearms, ammo, and shell casings. After an extensive search, law enforcement learned the identity of the suspects who had traveled from San Antonio, Texas to Southern Oregon. After arriving in Oregon, the group put on their DEA attire and posed, with firearms, for a photo in a local hotel room. Investigators found the incriminating photos and multiple text message conversations in which the conspirators discussed their robbery plans. One suspect was arrested the day of the robbery, several more were caught in early October, and one final suspect, Jordan Gammage, remains at large and is believed to be in the San Antonio area.