Heroin, guns, cash seized in Warren County arrest

A regional undercover team arrested a Morrow woman in connection with heroin and fentanyl trafficking in Southwest Ohio.

Stanyell Chancellor, 28, is being held on charges of trafficking in and possession of drugs and permitting drug abuse.

Chancellor was part of a group alleged to have sold the drugs, linked with a spike in drug overdoses, from a rental home in the 800 block of Birch Grove in Hamilton Twp.

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The Warren County Tactical Response Unit served a search warrant this morning at the residence, arrested Chancellor and seized heroin, multiple handguns, various scales and packaging supplies and a cash.

Also involved in the case was the Warren County Drug Task Force, as well as the Hamilton Township Police Department, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Brown County Drug and Major Crimes Task Force.

“Drug traffickers operating at these levels frequently seek rental properties in low-crime areas as they attempt to elude law enforcement. These scenarios are more challenging to investigate and rarely involve the high activity commonly associated with drug trafficking,” according to a press release issued Tuesday.

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The Hamilton Township Fire Department and other emergency services assisted as a precaution due to airborne heroin and fentanyl particles inside the residence. The potential dangers associated with accidental exposures required additional precautions on scene, according to the press release.

An unidentified man also living at the residence is expected to face charges.

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