On January 29, 2014 Drug Task Force agents developed information that lead to the search of a home in Bath Township (Summit County) for a possible meth lab. During the search, several "One Pot" meth reaction vessels were discovered by agents from the Summit County Drug Unit.  As a result of the investigation, 31 year-old […]

Bath salts and synthetic marijuana were targets of a drug sweep conducted Wednesday by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. The synthetic drugs are illegal in Ohio, but authorities learned that some retail stores continued to sell products containing the drugs after the ban.

The Summit/Akron HIDTA task force, agents from the DEA Cleveland Resident Office, along with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, arrested Garland V. Phelps Jr. and Alonzo B. Sykes, with 20 other individuals on January 14, resulting in the dismantlement of a heroin trafficking organization. Since 2012, the Phelps/Sykes organization distributed multiple kilograms […]

Five residents from Richland and Crawford counties were arrested Friday during a METRICH Enforcement Unit raid. The five were arrested at 475 Portland Way North, Apt. 3, on drug charges and outstanding warrants, according to a news release from the Galion Police Department.

One person was arrested Thursday after an investigation by the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force into sales of crack cocaine from a Lima residence. At 9:30 a.m. the task force, with the aid of the Lima Police Department SWAT team, executed a search warrant at 642 E. Third St., Lima. During the search, cocaine, […]