Portland Police Crack Down on Drug Activity in the City

Portland police officers cleared out the Washington Center retail development, which had turned into an open-air fentanyl market in recent weeks. The police were canvassing the insides of the buildings and clearing them out. The Portland Police Bureau is working with contractors and the building’s owner, Barry Menashe, to completely board up the Washington Center, including all of its alcoves and vestibules, as a deterrent to the rampant drug trafficking. The city created a “board-up plan” to secure doors and windows at the buildings, but it waited to act while negotiating with Menashe.