UPDATE  IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) -- It was the smell coming from two U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail boxes that led investigators to a drug bust in Lawrence County, Ohio, netting more than 19 pounds of marijuana. "It was the odor that was the first alert," Sheriff Jeff Lawless said. "They didn't have it shrink wrapped […]

A 27-year-old Groveport man is facing drug charges after investigators reported finding a marijuana grow project that he was allegedly conducting from his home in southeast Franklin County. Anthony L. Gurden was arrested by Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) on a federal arrest warrant for aggravated robbery. Gurden […]

Authorities in central Ohio say a search at a Columbus home turned up large amounts of cocaine and marijuana, with an estimated street value of more than $500,000. Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott says the drug seizure early Thursday morning was part of a large-scale joint investigation by a local task force and the Drug Enforcement […]

The Warren County Drug Task Force with collaboration from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, DEA Dayton and Columbus Offices, the RANGE Drug Task Force, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and Darke County Sheriff’s Office, took extensive enforcement action yesterday that resulted in the seizure of approximately 750 pounds of high-grade marijuana with a street value […]

Seneca County Drug Task Force-METRICH Enforcement Unit, along with additional officers from Tiffin Police Department, executed a search warrant on a residence located at 184 Second Ave., Tiffin, today. The residence belongs to Marlos V. Fayson, 35. It unveiled money, marijuana, suspected cocaine, two firearms and criminal tools. Fayson was arrested for having weapons while […]