Klamath County, OR. — On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, members of the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET) advanced an ongoing investigation and arrested Tulelake, California, resident Gonzalo Ramirez-Rodriguez, 74, in the 300 block of West Front Street in Merrill.
Investigators had learned Ramirez-Rodriguez planned to meet an individual at that location to sell methamphetamine, less than 1,000 feet from Merrill Elementary School. BINET personnel, assisted by Oregon State Police patrol officers, contacted Ramirez-Rodriguez and seized approximately three pounds of suspected methamphetamine, U.S. currency believed to be drug proceeds, and additional evidence of controlled-substance distribution.
Ramirez-Rodriguez was lodged at the Klamath County Jail on the following charges:
• ORS 475.894 — Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine)
• ORS 475.892 — Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) within 1,000 feet of a school
• ORS 475.888 — Unlawful Manufacture of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) within 1,000 feet of a school
This BINET investigation included detectives from the Klamath Falls Police Department, the Oregon State Police, and an intelligence analyst from the Oregon National Guard Counter-Drug Program. BINET is a multi-jurisdictional task force focused on identifying, disrupting, and dismantling local drug-trafficking organizations.
Residents of Klamath County are encouraged to report drug activity to the Klamath Falls Police Department Tip-Line at 541-883-5334.
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