The state Highway Patrol joined forces with Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Indiana state police on Sept. 27-29 in an effort to combat drug trafficking through a marijuana interdiction and eradication enforcement blitz.
This successful enforcement effort netted 32 felony and 152 misdemeanor marijuana related drug arrests. The agencies also seized more than 94,000 grams of marijuana and a total of 14,126 marijuana plants.
"Successful multi-agency enforcement efforts, like the one this past weekend, illustrate the collective power of making our roadways and communities safer for everyone," said Col. John Born, patrol superintendent.
During one traffic stop, an Ohio state trooper stopped a 2012 Ford Fusion for a turn signal violation on Interstate 75 and U.S. at 2:20 a.m. Sept. 27.
The trooper saw criminal indicators and a Hancock County drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed half a pound of hydroponic marijuana in the vehicle's trunk, concealed inside of a light fixture box. The trooper also located drug paraphernalia and prescription pills.
This multi-agency enforcement effort is part of the 6 State Trooper Project, which is aimed at providing combined and coordinated law enforcement and security services in the areas of highway safety, criminal patrol and intelligence sharing.
The patrol continues to urge motorists to call #677 to report impaired drivers or drug activity.
Comments
Prohibition didn't work for alcohol and it will never work for ganja.
How many more trillions of dollars much be wasted on expensive failed policies?
A multi state blitz on opiates would have been a better use of our money. When will it be apparent that the focus needs shifted from a herb to the true poison flooding our area.
YEA SHOULDVE BEEN A MULTI STATE BLITZ ON ALCHOL, BECAUSE DRUNK DRIVERS KILL PEOPLE, NOT WEED!!! OR A BLITZ ON HEROIN OR COCAINE CAUSE THOSE ARE THE KILLERS AND AS FAR AS WEED BEING A GATEWAY DRUG, LOL, YOU CANT BE SERIOUS, THERES ONLY ONE TRUE GATEWAY DRUG, AND EVERY CHILD AND ADULT IN THIS COUNTRY HAS PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN EXPOSED, !!!! IT'S TYLENOL!!!! THATS A DRUG THATS KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN WEED YET STILL LEGALLY SOLD!! I DONT THINK WEED CAN KILL YOU SO WHY CANT IT BE HARVESTED AND GROWN FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION??? OR MEDICAL USE?? CANT BE AS BAD AS TYLENOL, IT'S NATURALLY GROWN, YOU EVER SEEN A PILL TREE??? DIDNT THINK SO!
Geez.. make Mary Jane legal. Go after those in Heroin, kiddie porn & violent crimes. What a sad waste of man hours & dollars. Put this to a VOTE!