Summer Drug Sweep: 52 Suspects Indicted on 112 Counts of Trafficking

On August 2, 2017 the METRICH Enforcement Unit with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF), the Allied Special Operations Response Team (ASORT), The Ohio State Highway Patrol Special Response Team (OSP-SRT), the Mansfield Division of Police, The Richland County Sheriff’s Office, The Shelby Police Department, The Ontario Police Department, The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Secret Service conducted a large scale drug sweep.

METRICH Commander Lt. Joseph D. Petrycki stated METRICH detectives targeted 52 suspects during this sweep and conducted a total of five (5) search warrants. The 52 suspects were indicted by the Richland County Grand Jury on 112 counts of drug trafficking and other related charges. Lt. Petrycki also commented that he appreciated the collaboration between the local, state and federal law enforcement agencies that assisted in making this operation a huge success. As a result of the search warrants, METRICH detectives seized an assortment of firearms, cocaine, heroin, marijuana and over $3,000.00 in U.S. currency.