Each person in custody faces a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold
The Oregon City News, Mar 27, 2009, Updated 7.3 hours ago

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Police arrested five people for alleged drug activity in Oregon City during a Wednesday morning sweep. The people are in custody at the Clackamas County Jail with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds.

The Clackamas County Inter-agency Task Force, along with Oregon City Police, simultaneously executed two search warrants shortly after 7 a.m. – one at Kingsberry Heights Apartments, 14290 Marjorie Lane, the other at Barclay Square Apartments, 290 Warner Milne Road.

At Kingsberry Heights, police arrested four people, including a married couple, Aurelio Torrezponce, 24, and Elvia Alvaradoponce, 22. Both face drug possession and distribution charges. Police also arrested Israel Camachoramirez, 21, who is charged with possession, identity theft and forgery, and Rosmel Salamanca, 26, who is charged with identity theft.

Police seized two guns, a bulletproof vest, drug packaging materials, small amount of cocaine and methamphetamine, more than $2,000 in cash and forged documents from the apartment.

The forged documents were fake Social Security cards and other forms of identification, according to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Det. Jim Strovink.

Another woman and her child, who is younger than 5, were also there but were not taken into custody.

Police found a family of five in the Barclay Square Apartments – two parents and three children – and arrested the father, Celesino Ramirezcampos, 51. He is charged with drug possession. His wife was not arrested and their children remain in her care.

“They had a brisk business, that’s the best way to phrase it,â€