17 formally charged in months-long drug trafficking investigation in Ohio

More than a dozen people have been formally charged in a multi-agency drug trafficking investigation in northern Ohio.

The Akron Police Department Narcotics Unit detectives and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, working with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and the U.S. Marshals Service, recently concluded a 15-month-long investigation.

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The agencies were looking into a large drug trafficking organization operating in Akron, according to the police department.

The investigation led to the federal indictment of 15 individuals, and two others were indicted on State of Ohio narcotics charges…

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