LEBANON — The co-owner of a convenience store was indicted Monday on several drug-related charges.

Ahmed Ghazi, 25, was charged with two counts of trafficking (methamphetamines) and two counts of illegal assembly of chemicals. The Beavercreek man co-owns the Sunoco convenience store at Interstate 75 and Ohio 63 in Monroe.

The Warren County Drug Task Force and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation said they seized 45,000 dosage units of pseudoephedrine from Ghazi's residence in Greene County and from his business. Ghazi had been accused of selling methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine to an undercover task force officer for several months.

Psuedoephedrine is a key ingredient in the production of methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth.

According to the task force, the amount of psuedoephedrine seized from Ghazi could be used to produce approximately 4.4 pounds of methamphetamine the task force estimated has a street value of $250,000.