Police sweep through vacant downtown Portland building known as fentanyl hotspot

The shuttered downtown Portland property has become notorious in recent weeks as an open-air fentanyl market.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police deployed a large number of officers to clear out the empty Washington Center building in downtown Portland on Wednesday, targeting a site that has become known in recent weeks as an open-air fentanyl market.

Portland police responded to 11 overdoses during the first weekend in April, three of which became fatal, and a majority of them were near the vacant property at Southwest 4th Avenue and Washington Street.

The Portland Police Bureau confirmed Tuesday that officers had begun to patrol the block 24/7,

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