Sheriff Brian McLaughlin with the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office alongside officers from Lisbon and Salem PD assisted the Columbiana County Drug Task Force in executing the search warrant of a house in Leetonia on Friday.

Suspects Ashley Rhodes and Mathew Bays, both 37 years of age, were located and arrested at the scene and charged with possessing drug paraphernalia.

Agents and police discovered over a quarter of a kilogram of Methamphetamine, miscellaneous pills, drug trafficking paraphernalia and $376 in cash when searching the house.

More charges for the two suspects are pending as labs are being ran on the substances discovered inside of the house.

 

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