A traffic stop around noon Sunday led to a large heroin bust six hours later. Three people have been charged. Shelby Police Sgt. Dave Mack said police were called about a suspicious vehicle in an abandoned building parking lot on Martin Drive at noon.

Authorities raided a village business Friday for the third time this year as part of an ongoing drug investigation. The Loudonville Tobacco Shop, 633 Ohio 39, has been part of a probe that started in January. Numerous controlled purchases of K2/spice, or synthetic marijuana, were made by confidential informants, police said.

Two hundred and twenty-nine marijuana plants were seized in Seneca County as part of the state's annual marijuana eradication. According to a release from the Seneca County Drug Task Force - METRICH Enforcement Unit, law enforcement from throughout the county, as well as law enforcement from Butler County and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation […]

The METRICH Enforcement Unit, with help from a number of other agencies, conducted a countywide drug sweep Thursday. "This was a great operation, but there is still a lot of work to be done," METRICH project director and city police Chief Dino Sgambellone said. "METRICH will continue to proactively pursue those individuals who choose to sell drugs in […]

Prosecutors will recommend a six-year prison sentence for the man believed to be the area's main supplier of bath salts. Ahmad Fares, 26, of Ontario, pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of drugs with a forfeiture specification and conspiracy to commit felonious assault. He will be sentenced Oct. 17 before Richland County Common Pleas Judge James […]