MIDDLEPORT — Three Middleport residents were recently arrested and charged as a result of a drug investigation in the village, according to Chief Bruce Swift.
Swift said a search warrant was executed at 189 Hudson Street by his officers at the home of Samara Stone and Joshua Hunter as a result of a three-month investigation of alleged drug trafficking.
Hunter was arrested and charged in Meigs County Court with two felony counts of trafficking in drugs, one felony count of tampering with drugs, one felony count of possession of drug abuse instruments, one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Stone was arrested and charged in Meigs County Court with one count of possessing drug abuse instruments, one felony count of permitting drug abuse.
Don Becker, Middleport, was also arrested and charged in Middleport Mayor’s Court with one count of drug possession, one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
According to Swift, officers confiscated a small amount of what is believed to be marijuana, pills and drug paraphernalia as a result of the search warrant.