'Known open drug use' spots lead to 13 arrests in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The driver of a "powerful Dodge sedan" sped away from a Portland traffic stop only to crash behind a shopping mall off Northeast Cascades Parkway, smashing into a steel-and-concrete bollard.

This was the most visual result of a one-day coordinated operation between Portland police, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, the FBI and the US Attorney's Office that led to 13 people being taken into custody facing scores of drug and gun charges on December 15.