When officers opened the storage unit belonging to Jamie Mayle, they were met with bunk beds — hardly an indication of a connection to a drug investigation. Box after box of junk was loaded into the moving vehicle used by the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office. First a set of bunk beds was hauled out of […]

The Perry County Sheriff's Office and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force seized a methamphetamine lab Saturday at 14876 Empire Road in Thornville. It was the second lab seized at the residence in two weeks, with the last being Dec. 19. The sheriff's office said authorities received information that meth was being produced at the […]

Perry County Sheriff's deputies and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force deputies seized a methamphetamine lab in Thornville Saturday. The investigation began when detectives followed a number of suspects to Kroger in Hebron where they reported witnessing them purchasing supplies used to produce meth. The detectives then followed the suspect vehicle as it traveled back […]

Two people were arrested Wednesday after a heroin raid in New Lexington. The search at 404 South Main St. was executed by Perry County Sheriff’s Office detectives and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force agents. Officials seized heroin, drug paraphernalia, currency and two firearms, according to a sheriff’s office release. The investigation was based on […]

Twelve people were arrested following a drug interdiction operation in Perry County on Monday. Deputies from the Perry County Sheriff's Office and the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force stopped 28 vehicles and raided a home in the 100 block of Broad Street in Glenford.